Evolving halakhah : a progressive approach to traditional Jewish law / by Moshe Zemer ; with a foreword by Haim H. Cohn.
1999
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Author
Title
Evolving halakhah : a progressive approach to traditional Jewish law / by Moshe Zemer ; with a foreword by Haim H. Cohn.
Uniform Title
Halakhah shefuyah. English
Published
Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., [1999]
Copyright
©1999
Call Number
BM197 .Z4613 1999
Former Call Number
Jew 300 Z4 1999
ISBN
1580230024
Language Note
Rev. translation of: Halakhah shefuyah.
Description
xxiv, 440 pages ; cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)40200608
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-389) and index.
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Progressive approach to traditional Jewish law
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword / Haim H. Cohn
Introduction
I
Foundations
1
Ch. 1Halakhah as an Evolving Ethical System
3
Ch. 2Maimonides and the "Lesser Evil"
23
Ch. 3The Essence of Evolving Halakhah
37
II
Marriage and Divorce
59
Ch. 4Yibbum and Halitzah
61
Ch. 5Marriages Forbidden to a Kohen
73
Ch. 6Mamzerut (Halakhic Illegitimacy)
87
Ch. 7Marriage Blacklists: "All Families Are Presumed to Be Fit"
113
III
Conversion
121
Ch. 8Rabbi Goren's Reform Conversion
125
Ch. 9Ambivalence about Conversion
143
Ch. 10Disqualifying Jews from India to Ethiopia
157
Ch. 11You Shall Not Oppress the Stranger
171
IV
The State of Israel and Gentiles
177
Ch. 12The Sabra and Shatilla Massacre
181
Ch. 13Demolishing Houses in the Territories: A Halakhic Perspective
187
Ch. 14Halakhah and the Intifada
193
Ch. 15The Attitude toward the Enemy
205
Ch. 16Ransoming Captives
225
Ch. 17"Halakhic" Justifications for Murder
231
V
The Status of Women
239
Ch. 18Is a Woman Permitted to Hold a Public Position?
241
Ch. 19Women and Service in the Israel Defense Forces
249
Ch. 20A "Women's Gallery" in the Cemetery
255
Ch. 21Delaying a Funeral Until the Daughter of the Deceased Arrives
261
Ch. 22The Right of Women to Say Kaddish
265
Ch. 23Is a Woman's Voice Sexually Enticing?
275
VI
The Ultra-Orthodox
281
Ch. 24Desecrating the Sabbath in Order to Sanctify It
283
Ch. 25Religious Violence against a Progressive Congregation
291
Ch. 26The Cult of the Newly Ultra-Orthodox
295
Ch. 27Religious Tolerance among Jews: A Critique of Rulings / Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
301
Ch. 28Archaeology as a Mitzvah
313
Ch. 29Circumcising a Corpse
317
VII
Medicine
321
Ch. 30A Dialogue on Autopsies
323
Ch. 31Abortion Is Not Murder
335
Ch. 32Artificial Insemination
339
Ch. 33To Smoke or Not to Smoke: A Jewish Question
345
Ch. 34"It Is Forbidden to Delay Death"
351
VIII
Burial
357
Ch. 35For the Sake of Peace
359
Ch. 36Burial and Superstition
373
Afterword
377
Bibliography
379
Notes
391
Index
429