商品簡介
The relationship between Liberal Judaism and Rabbinic Law (Halachah) is unclear. Some Progressive Jews have chosen to reject it completely, others have simply gone along with it when it suited them and ignored it when it didn't. This new book represents a plea for a positive yet forthrightly critical approach to Rabbinic Law. By addressing a variety of specific topics - the language of prayer, the status of women, medical confidentiality, euthanasia, Jewish identity, contraception, divorce and Jewish territorial rights in Palestine/Israel - Rayner makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion of the role that the law should play in Liberal Judaism today.
作者簡介
John D. Rayner is Emeritus Rabbi of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London, Hon. Life-President of the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues, and Lecturer in Liturgy at Leo Baeck College, London.
