Howard Kaminsky is a research fellow at the Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution, and serves as a mediator for Community Mediation Services in Queens, NY. He has an EdD in religion and education from Teachers College, Columbia University and rabbinic ordination from Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem.
"A superb study, informed by fastidious scholarship, of the key
principles of conflict resolution in Jewish law and thought. I
recommend it highly to all those seeking to bring peace to troubled
relationships, within and beyond the Jewish community."
*Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks*
“A stimulating, integrative book. Kaminsky draws insightful
connections between traditional Judaic teachings around peace and
conflict, and contemporary scholarship in the field of conflict
resolution. By providing a side by side exploration of the core
goals and concerns, practices and processes, patterns of thought,
and approach to emotion that characterize each of these two
domains, Kaminsky helps to illuminate constructive ways forward in
the face of interpersonal conflict. Informed by Kaminsky’s own
experience as both a Rabbi and a trained mediator, this book offers
a unique survey of Jewish teachings, as well as thought provoking
recommendations for those of us in the field of conflict
resolution.”
*Peter T. Coleman, Professor of Psychology and Education, Director
of the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and
Conflict Resolution (MD-ICCCR) at Teachers College, Columbia
University*
“Howard Kaminsky has made a monumental contribution to the emerging
field of religion and conflict resolution. It is no small
achievement to delve into the depth and breadth of a 3000-year-old
tradition and emerge with a coherent and path-breaking account of
Judaism’s contribution to conflict resolution. He has mastered the
legal and non-legal literature and given it persuasive form as a
plausible system of intervention in conflict. This will help
pioneer a new and necessary field, and also a new approach to the
practice of Jewish intervention in destructive conflict.”
*Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin, author of "Between Eden and Armageddon: The
Future of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking"; James H. Laue
Professor, Director CRDC, The School for Conflict Analysis and
Resolution, George Mason University*
This is a comprehensive bibliographic collection and an
encyclopedia in one book.
*AJL Reviews*
“Dr. Kaminsky is an established mediator and expert in conflict
resolution. And in his book [Fundamentals of Jewish Conflict
Resolution] the author masterfully contributes to this endeavor.
… This book, an expansion of Kaminsky’s doctoral dissertation,
is a remarkable scholarly work, encyclopedic in its scope, detailed
in its analysis and replete with insights that deserve serious
consideration for anyone interested in the field. … I urge all to
encounter this text. For within its pages, one finds a spirit that
is hopeful about human change even as it understands the
limitations of human nature. Kaminsky presents a vision of conflict
resolution that is unique and ambitious.” —Rabbi James Rosen,
Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work
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