Gender Issues in Jewish Law - Essays and Responsa

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

General Editor: Walter Jacob

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

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

General Editor: Walter Jacob

Product details

• Assisted by: Walter Jacob (Editor), Walter Jacob† (Editor), Moshe Zemer (Editor), Moshe Zemer† (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9781571812391
• ISBN: 978-1-57181-239-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 310 g
• Series: Studies in Progressive Halakha; Progressive Halakhah; Progressive Halakhah
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Jewish Studies, Gender Studies and Sexuality