Evolving Halakhah: A Progressive Approach to Traditional Jewish Law
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AcknowledgementsForewordIntroductionIFoundations1Ch. 1Halakhah as an Evolving Ethical System3Ch. 2Maimonides and the "Lesser Evil"23Ch. 3The Essence of Evolving Halakhah37IIMarriage and Divorce59Ch. 4Yibbum and Halitzah61Ch. 5Marriages Forbidden to a Kohen73Ch. 6Mamzerut (Halakhic Illegitimacy)87Ch. 7Marriage Blacklists: "All Families Are Presumed to Be Fit"113IIIConversion121Ch. 8Rabbi Goren's Reform Conversion125Ch. 9Ambivalence about Conversion143Ch. 10Disqualifying Jews from India to Ethiopia157Ch. 11You Shall Not Oppress the Stranger171IVThe State of Israel and Gentiles177Ch. 12The Sabra and Shatilla Massacre181Ch. 13Demolishing Houses in the Territories: A Halakhic Perspective187Ch. 14Halakhah and the Intifada193Ch. 15The Attitude toward the Enemy205Ch. 16Ransoming Captives225Ch. 17"Halakhic" Justifications for Murder231VThe Status of Women239Ch. 18Is a Woman Permitted to Hold a Public Position?241Ch. 19Women and Service in the Israel Defense Forces249Ch. 20A "Women's Gallery" in the Cemetery255Ch. 21Delaying a Funeral Until the Daughter of the Deceased Arrives261Ch. 22The Right of Women to Say Kaddish265Ch. 23Is a Woman's Voice Sexually Enticing?275VIThe Ultra-Orthodox281Ch. 24Desecrating the Sabbath in Order to Sanctify It283Ch. 25Religious Violence against a Progressive Congregation291Ch. 26The Cult of the Newly Ultra-Orthodox295Ch. 27Religious Tolerance among Jews: A Critique of Rulings by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein301Ch. 28Archaeology as a Mitzvah313Ch. 29Circumcising a Corpse317VIIMedicine321Ch. 30A Dialogue on Autopsies323Ch. 31Abortion Is Not Murder335Ch. 32Artificial Insemination339Ch. 33To Smoke or Not to Smoke: A Jewish Question345Ch. 34"It Is Forbidden to Delay Death"351VIIBurial357Ch. 35For the Sake of Peace359Ch. 36Burial and Superstition373Afterword377Bibliography379Notes391Index429About Jewish Lights441
