Editing Robert Gordis

{{Short description|American rabbi and author}}
'''Robert Gordis''' (February 6, 1908 &ndash; January 3, 1992) was an American leading [[Conservative Judaism|conservative]] [[rabbi]]. He founded the first Conservative [[Jewish day school]], served as President of the [[Rabbinical Assembly]] and the [[Synagogue Council of America]], and was a professor at [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]] from 1940 to 1992.<ref name=Goldman1992>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/07/nyregion/rabbi-robert-gordis-83-dies-defined-conservative-judaism.html |title=Rabbi Robert Gordis, 83, Dies; Defined Conservative Judaism |first=Ari L. |last=Goldman |date=January 7, 1992 |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Robert Gordis (1908-1992) |first=Benjamin Edidin |last=Scolnic |journal=Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research |volume=60 |year=1994 |pages=1–6 |jstor=3622568 }}</ref>

He wrote one of the first pamphlets explaining Conservative ideology in 1946, and in 1988 he chaired the Commission on the Philosophy of Conservative Judaism which produced the official statement of Conservative ideology "Emet Ve-Emunah".<ref name=Goldman1992/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/emetveemunahstat0000comm |title=Emet Ve-emunah: Statement of Principles of Conservative Judaism |date=1988 |publisher=Jewish Theological Seminary of America |isbn=0-916219-06-2 |url-access=registration }}</ref>

Gordis was the founding editor in 1951 of the quarterly journal ''Judaism''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/10/archives/editor-of-judaism-quits-in-protest.html |title=Editor of Judaism Quits in Protest |first=George |last=Dugan |date=January 10, 1970 |work=[[The New York Times]] |id={{ProQuest|118927043}} }}</ref>

==Books==
*{{cite book |title=Koheleth - The Man and His World: A Study of Ecclesiastes |url=https://archive.org/details/kohelethmanhiswo0000gord/page/n3/mode/2up |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Schocken Books]] |year=1951 }}
*{{cite book |title=The Biblical Text in the Making: A Study of the Kethib-Qere |publisher=[[Ktav Publishing House]] |url=https://archive.org/details/biblicaltextinma0000gord/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access=registration |date=1971 |isbn=0-87068-157-5}}
*{{cite book |title=The Song of Songs and Lamentations: A Study, Modern Translation and Commentary |publisher=[[Ktav Publishing House]] |url=https://archive.org/details/songofsongslamen0000gord/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access=registration |date=1974 |isbn=0-87068-256-3 }}
*{{cite book |title=The Book of Job: Commentary, New Translation, Special Studies |publisher=[[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]] |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofjobcomment0000gord/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access=registration |date=1978 |isbn=0-87334-003-5}}
*{{cite book |title=Love & Sex: A Modern Jewish Perspective |url=https://archive.org/details/lovesexmodernjew00gord/mode/2up |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] |date=1978 | isbn=0-374-19252-9}}

==Awards==
* 1979: [[National Jewish Book Award]] in the Jewish Thought category for ''Love and Sex: A Modern Jewish Perspective''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners?category=30766|title=Past Winners|website=Jewish Book Council|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605122003/https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners?category=30766|archive-date=2020-06-05|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19991001075939/http://www.erskine.edu/library/catalog/wpacdata/ENG/alinks/a003801.htm]

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