Jewish Religious Law: A Progressive PerspectiveReconstructs Jewish law, or Halachah, to make it more consistent with the principles of Progressive Judaism. Beginning with a brief history of the Progressive movement in 20th-century Judaism, the author continues with illustrations of how traditional law must be adapted to the views of modern, liberal Jews. The Halachic problems addressed range from Jewish territorial rights in Israel, divorce law, and questions of medical ethics such as organ transplantation, to the recycling of old prayerbooks. Paper edition (unseen), $15.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Progressive Judaism | 1 |
Progressive Judaism Fifty Years after the Holocaust | 15 |
Law and Lore in Judaism | 23 |
The Need for a New Approach to Halachah | 33 |
Rethinking our Relationship with Halachah | 44 |
Towards a Progressive Halachah | 54 |
Between Antinomianism and Conservatism | 61 |
A Genuinely Progressive Halachah | 68 |
Medical Confidentiality | 116 |
23 | 124 |
A Matter of Life and Death | 130 |
Euthanasia | 138 |
Burial of Progressive Proselyte in Orthodox Cemetery | 144 |
Jewish Identity | 148 |
Conception and Contraception | 158 |
54 | 160 |
SOME HALACHIC PROBLEMS | 74 |
Praying with Kavvanah | 75 |
The Language of Prayer | 83 |
The Posture of Prayer | 92 |
Women and Worship | 99 |
On Seeing Halleys Comet | 107 |
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Recycling Old Prayerbooks | 114 |
A Short History | 163 |
61 | 174 |
68 | 177 |
The Land the Law and the Liberal Conscience | 184 |
Notes and Acknowledgments | 201 |
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