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Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1

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Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1 - interior image

Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1 - interior image

Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1 - interior image

Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1

Sh'eilot Ut'shuvot

Edited by Rabbi Mark Washofsky

388 Pages6.00 × 9.00 × 0.90 in

Paperback

ISBN: 9780881231601
Published: 1st Jan 2010

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Contents
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Volume 1

Acknowledgements

Introduction: On Halachah and Reform Judaism

Orach Chayim: Worship, Shabbat, and Festival Observance Orthodox Minyan in a Reform

Synagogue (5758.12)

“HaTikvah” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” (5758.10)

Transporting a Torah Scroll to a Private Bat Mitzvah Ceremony (5758.9)

Presenting a Check for Tzedakah at Shabbat Services (5756.4)

The Synagogue Thrift Shop and Shabbat (5757.7)

The Second Festival Day and Reform Judaism (5759.7)

Pesach Kashrut and Reform Judaism (5756.9)

Yoreh Dei-ah: Ritual Observance

Names of Donors on Synagogue Windows (5756.3)

Proper Disposal of a Worn Sefer Torah (5757.4)

A “Proper” Reform Mikveh (5756.6) 89 Circumcision for an Eight-Year-Old Convert (5756.13)

Conversion for Adopted Children (5759.1

Conversion of a Person Suffering from Mental Illness (5758.7)

Medical Experimentation: Testing Drugs Made of Pork By-Products (5758.8)

Disinterment from a Jewish to a Nondenominational Cemetery (5756.5)

Argument Over a Tombstone (5756.7)

Even Ha-Eizer: Personal Status, Marriage, and Family Life

In Vitro Fertilization and the Status of the Embryo (5757.2) 9

In Vitro Fertilization and the Mitzvah of Childbearing (5758.3)

Baptism and Jewish Status (5759.2)

Baby Naming for a Religiously-Mixed Lesbian Couple (5758.2)

On Patrilineal Descent, Apostasy, and Synagogue Honors (5758.11)

The “Falas Mura” (5757.3)

On Homosexual Marriage (5756.8)

Long-Term Nonmarital Relationships (5756.10)

A Nontraditional Marriage (5756.14)

May a Jew Married to a Gentile Serve as a Religious School Teacher? (5758.14)

Divorce of an Incapacitated Spouse (5756.15) 281 Divorce and Legal Separation (5758.13)

Choshen Mishpat: The Life of the Community

A Blind Person as a Witness (5759.8)

The Reform Rabbi’s Obligations toward the UAHC (5758.1) 311

Who Is a Rabbi? (5759.3)

Privacy and the Disclosure of Personal Medical Information (5756.2)

Reproving a Congregation for Violations of Tax Law (5758.4)

Loyalty to One's Company versus Love for Israel (5757.1)

Tattooing, Body Piercing, and Jewish Tradition (5759.4)