Author: J. David Bleich
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780870684500
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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Author: J. David Bleich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521765471
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 429

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This book presents a series of authoritative discussions of the application of Jewish tradition to contemporary social and political issues.

Author: Wayne Allen
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 142699558X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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As a dynamic tradition, Judaism has always relied on experts to interpret sacred texts for modern times. Responding to the questions posed to him from congregants, other rabbis, and Jews around the world, Rabbi Allen blends his special sensitivity with profound scholarship in addressing a wide range of religious issues. This book is a window into how an ancient tradition can still keep its relevance today.

Author: Jill Jacobs
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 1580234259
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Confront the most pressing issues of twenty-first-century America in this fascinating book, which brings together classical Jewish sources, contemporary policy debate and real-life stories.

Author: Wayne R. Allen
Publisher: Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Using a wide array of Talmudic and halakhic sources along with archaeology, philology, artwork, music history and medicine, Rabbi Wayne Allen of Beth Tikvah in Toronto, addresses a wide range of subjects with which the modern Jewish world continues to grapple. Based on the authors more than thirty years of congregational experience, the book deals with issues such as virtual synagogues, women in Jewish Law, weddings, funerals, tattoos, astrology, cloning, mourning, the Ketubah and clergy confidentiality.

Author: Mendell Lewittes
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Index. Bibliography: p.259-263.

Author: François-Xavier Licari
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108421970
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179

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This is the first book to present a systematic and synthetic introduction to Jewish law.

Author: Roni Weinstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781839992537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The double codes of law composed by R. Joseph Karo during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries mark a watershed in the history of Jewish Halakhah [law]. No further legal project was suggested in later generations. The books suggest a new reading beyond the aspects of positive law. R. Karo continued centuries- long traditions of Jewish erudition, in tandem with responding to global changes in history of law and legality both in Europe, and mainly in the Ottoman Empire. It is a global reading of Jewish Halakhah and modernization of Jewish culture in general.

Author: Rachel Biale
Publisher: Schocken
ISBN: 0307762017
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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How has a legal tradition determined by men affected the lives of women? What are the traditional Jewish views of marriage, divorce, sexuality, contraception, abortion? Women and Jewish Law gives contemporary readers access to the central texts of the Jewish religious tradition on issues of special concern to women. Combining a historical overview with a thoughtful feminist critique, this pathbreaking study points the way for “informed change” in the status of women in Jewish life.

Author: J. H. Henkin
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780881257823
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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No one interested in Jewish women's issues or contemporary Halakhah can afford to forgo this book. For the first time, twenty-four modern responsa have been translated from the Hebrew, including four never before published. From mehitzah in the synagogue to the blessing recited by men, shelo asani ishah who has not made me a woman, from women's prayer groups to hair covering, and from Talmud study to limiting family size, Responsa on Contemporary Jewish Women's Issues written by Rabbi Yehuda Henkin treats current and controversial topics with authority and erudition, forcefulness and grace.