Gender Issues in Jewish Law

Essays and Responsa
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-57181-239-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 310 g

Reihe: Progressive Halakhah

Published in Association with the Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah

General Editor: Walter Jacob

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacob, Walter

Zemer, Moshe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Halakhah and Innovation

R. Adler

Chapter 2. The Confrontation of the Minhag and Halakhah

W. Dorff

Chapter 3. Reform Judaism and Same Sex Marriage

D. Ellenson and P. Knobel

Chapter 4. The Woman in Reform Judaism

W. Jacob

Chapter 5. Marriage, Divorce, and Gender

J. Rayner

Chapter 6. Progressive Halakhah on Homosexual Marriage

M. Zemer

Chapter 7. Selected Responsa

Über Autor(innen)

Zemer, Moshe
Moshe Zemer (1932-2011) was Director of the Freehof Insittue of Progressive Halakhah and a founder of the Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel. He contributed to numerous articles on halakhah in the Israeli press and scientific journals and was author of The Sane Halakhah [Hebrew], (1993) which was translated into both German and English.

Jacob, Walter
Walter Jacob was Senior Scholar of Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. He also served as President of the Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah. He is the author and editor of a number of titles including American Reform Responsa (1983), Liberal Judaism and Halakhah (1988) and Not by Birth Alone, Conversion to Judaism (1997).

Walter Jacob was Senior Scholar of Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. He also served as President of the Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah. He is the author and editor of a number of titles including American Reform Responsa (1983), Liberal Judaism and Halakhah (1988) and Not by Birth Alone, Conversion to Judaism (1997).