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The CCAR Press is the oldest and largest publisher of Jewish liturgy. In keeping with our long tradition of providing important resources to rabbis, scholars, and the whole Reform Movement, we are proud to now make many important CCAR resources available in fully searchable PDF format.

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Sacred Table
Mary L. Zamore
2011

Voices of Torah
Hara Person
2011

Liturgy

Rabbi's Manual
David Polish
1988

On The Doorposts of Your House
Chaim Stern
2010 (1994)

Responsa

CCAR Reform Responsa Collection
(Index of Responsa)

Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century (Complete set)

Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century:
Sh’eilot Ut’shuvot
Volume 1
Mark Washofsky
1996–1999

Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century:
Sh’eilot Ut’shuvot
Volume 2
Mark Washofsky
1999–2007

Teshuvot for the Nineties:
Reform Judaism's Answers to Today's Dilemmas
W. Gunther Plaut and Mark Washofsky
1997

Questions and Reform Jewish Answers:
New American Reform Responsa
Walter Jacob
1992

Today's Reform Responsa
Solomon B. Freehof
1990

Contemporary American Reform Responsa
Walter Jacob
1987

American Reform Responsa:
Collected Responsa of the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
1889-1983
Walter Jacob
1983

New Reform Responsa
Solomon B. Freehof
1980

Reform Responsa for Our Time
Solomon B. Freehof
1977

Contemporary Reform Responsa
Solomon B. Freehof
1974

Modern Reform Responsa
Solomon B. Freehof
1971

Current Reform Responsa
Solomon B. Freehof
1969

Recent Reform Responsa
Solomon B. Freehof
1963

Reform Responsa
Solomon B. Freehof
1960

Gates of ...

Gates of Mitzvah:
A Guide to the Jewish Life Cycle
Simeon J.Maslin (edt)

Gates of Shabbat:
A Guide for Observing Shabbat
Mark Dov Shapiro

Gates of the Seasons:
A Guide to the Jewish Year
Peter S. Knobel, editor

Gates of Understanding:
A Companion Volume to Gates of Prayer
Lawrence Hoffman, editor

Essays

Rabbinic Authority:
Papers Presented Before the Ninety-First Annual Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Elliot L. Stevens, editor
1982

Tanu Rabbanan:
Our Rabbis Taught - Essays in Commenoration of the Centennial of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Joseph B. Glaser, editor
1990

Subject Collections

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