{"product_id":"the-bush-is-burning","title":"The Bush Is Burning!: Radical Judaism Faces the Pharaohs of the Modern Superstate","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA foundational work at the crossroads of Jewish radicalism and spiritual renewal, back in print after over fifty years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy 1971, when this transformative text was first published, Arthur Waskow (1933–2025) had already shaken the pillars of American Judaism. Born into a family of Baltimore leftists, Waskow spent the 1960s on the front lines of nuclear disarmament, civil rights, and anti-war activism. He became a household name among Jewish progressives after writing and co-leading the 1969 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreedom Seder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on the one-year anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, crystallizing for a generation that Judaism can and must be made absolutely present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bush Is Burning!: Radical Judaism Faces the Pharaohs of the Modern Superstate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Waskow's first book after the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreedom Seder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In it, he traces his own journey from \"Jewish radical\" to \"radical Jew,\" exploring the religious upheaval of young Jews, the fraught relationship between American Jewry and Israel, and the revolutionary possibilities of a liberatory Judaism. Personal, political, and religious, Waskow’s vision for how to collectively create and embody such a transformative diaspora within his historical context remains, more than fifty years later, as urgent, prescient, and resonant as the day it was written.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new edition, with essays by Gloria Steinem, Rabbi Shaul Magid, Susannah Heschel, and Rabbi Nate DeGroot situates this landmark text for a new generation of radicals, dreamers, and seekers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArthur Waskow\u003c\/strong\u003e was a lifelong activist, author, rabbi, and religious leader. He published more than two dozen books, including the Freedom Seder and his best seller, \u003cem\u003eSeasons of Our Joy\u003c\/em\u003e. He founded The Shalom Center in 1983 as a “prophetic voice in Jewish, multireligious, and American life.” He trained rabbis at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, co-founded Aleph: the Alliance for Jewish Renewal (with Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi), helped to found the National Havurah Institute, the Green Hevra (an early network of Jewish environmental organizations), and Rabbis for Human Rights North America (now T’ruah).\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 5 1\/16 in. x 7 ¾ in. | ISBN: 978-1-961814-63-9\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: Spring 2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ayin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156007579828,"sku":"BIB01","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/0776\/1844\/files\/Hudson-1998-AW-Shoshana-Pete-Seeger-river-cropped-1536x1151.jpg?v=1788446234","url":"https:\/\/shop.ayinpress.org\/products\/the-bush-is-burning","provider":"Ayin Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}