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About Sidney Brichto
- Rabbi Sidney Brichto (21 July 1936 – 16 January 2009) was a British Liberal rabbi.
- He was born in Philadelphia into an immigrant Orthodox Jewish family.
- As an adolescent, he began to reject religious orthodoxy in favor of Liberal Judaism.
- He studied in New York City, before being ordained in 1961.
- The same year he moved to England to do post-graduate work at University College London and also became Associate Minister of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John's Wood.
- In 1964 he became the first Executive Director of (as it was then) the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues, now known as Liberal Judaism. Brichto was also a prolific author, having written extensively in the Jewish and national press. His most recent project was the publishing of a series of new translations of the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments.
- The project is entitled "The People's Bible".
- Rabbi Brichto believes that the concept of God is more important than questions of His existence.
- Equally, the Bible is relevant not because of the veracity of its stories, but because of the morality of its myths.
- His translations aim to achieve accessibility as literature, and to do this, he controversially added sections to improve readability and removed large areas of non-consequential material to the appendices.Published works include: "The New Testament" (A new translation and modern explanation, ISBN 0-9553833-1-5) "Genesis" (the book of Genesis, ISBN 0-9537398-0-5) "The Conquest of Canaan" (the books of Judges and Joshua, ISBN 0-9537398-4-8) "Samuel" (the two Books of Samuel, ISBN 0-9537398-1-3) "Song of Songs" (the books The Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther, ISBN 0-9537398-2-1) "St.
- Luke & The Apostles" (the Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles, ISBN 0-9537398-3-X) "The Genius of Paul" (the letters of Paul, ISBN 0-9537398-5-6) "Moses" (divided into "Book 1: Moses, Man of God" and "Book 2: The Laws of Moses") (the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, ISBN 0-9540476-8-0) "Apocalypse" (Gospel of John and Book of Revelation, ISBN 0-9540476-9-9)Rabbi Brichto also wrote a guide to Jews and Jewish life, "Funny ...
- you don't look Jewish" (ISBN 1-899044-00-0) in which he explores, among other things, anti-Jewish prejudices against the reality of Jewish culture and life. His autobiography, 'Ritual Slaughter: Growing Up Jewish in America' (ISBN 0-9540476-1-3), provides detailed information of Rabbi Brichto's upbringing and move away from Orthodoxy. He was married to Cathryn and has a daughter and three sons.
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