Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues

Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues
Author: J. David Bleich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2015-09-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521765471

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

Further Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues

Further Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues
Author: Wayne Allen
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2011-10-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 142699558X

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.

There Shall Be No Needy

There Shall Be No Needy
Author: Jill Jacobs
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1580234259

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.

An Introduction to Jewish Law

An Introduction to Jewish Law
Author: François-Xavier Licari
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2019-03-28
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1108421970

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

Joseph Karo and Shaping of Modern Jewish Law

Joseph Karo and Shaping of Modern Jewish Law
Author: Roni Weinstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781839992537

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.

Jewish Legal Theories

Jewish Legal Theories
Author: Leora Batnitzky
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1584657448

Anthology of writings about Jewish law in the modern world

Jewish Law

Jewish Law
Author: Mendell Lewittes
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1994
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Index. Bibliography: p.259-263.

Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues

Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues
Author: Wayne R. Allen
Publisher: Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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.

Jewish Ethics and Social Justice

Jewish Ethics and Social Justice
Author: Shmuly Yanklowitz
Publisher: Derusha Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Jewish ethics
ISBN: 9781935104148

We make religion irrelevant when we lock it up in the house of prayer - when we keep religion away from the streets. If we want Judaism to matter in today's world, we must respond - deeply - to society's call. The Torah is a living tradition that we need to bring to the most urgent social issues of our time. We must fully enter the public arena, recognizing that our common responsibilities transcend our particular paths. The essence of spiritual life shines at the core of all the crude and harsh realities we see every day - and when we ignore these realities, we are like blind fish completely unaware of the very water in which they swim. Jewish Ethics & Social Justice is a collection of sweeping meditations on how to make Judaism universally relevant again. Explore hot social issues - global hunger, prison reform, worker rights, and more - through the eyes of the Jewish ethical tradition. Learn about the core values of Jewish activism - discover a deeper connection to the timeless issu