Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
Title Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices PDF eBook
Author Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages 201
Release 2010
Genre Religion
ISBN 0827611234

Download Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Is it morally acceptable to use surveillance and profiling to protect national security? Should war only be used in self-defense? Is torture in times of war morally acceptable? Contributors include scholar Noam Chomsky, Lt. Col. Seth Milstein, and political philosopher Michael Walzer.

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices, 6-Volume Set

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices, 6-Volume Set
Title Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices, 6-Volume Set PDF eBook
Author Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
Total Pages 0
Release 2010-07
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780827609273

Download Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices, 6-Volume Set Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This set includes all six volumes in the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series, for less than the cost of buying each book separately! Included in the set are these volumes : Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Body; Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Money; Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Power; Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Sex and Intimacy . . . and the two newest books in the series, Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: War and National Security; and Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Social Justice. Each volume in this series presents hypothetical cases on specific topics, followed by traditional and contemporary sources. Supplementing these are brief essays, written by contributors of various ages, backgrounds, and viewpoints to provoke lively thought and discussion. These voices from Jewish tradition and today’s Jewish community present us with new questions and perspectives, encouraging us to consider our own moral choices in a new light. A Business Ethics MP3 & Powerpoint presentation with Professor Elliot Dorff is available for purchase through workflowguaranteed.com.

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
Title Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices PDF eBook
Author Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages 141
Release 2009-03-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 0827608624

Download Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

How do we use power once we?ve gained it? Is it completely for our individual benefit, or do we use it to help our neighborhoods, or society at-large? What kinds of decisions must CEOs and business owners make regarding suppliers and customers? How should bosses treat workers? Teachers treat students? Parents treat children? Government treats citizens? Power dynamics affect people on a political level, a social level, and a deeply personal level as well. The newest volume in the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series examines these dynamics and includes essays by such fine contributors as U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, NBC Universal Television-West Coast President Marc Graboff, and author and scholar James Diamond.

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
Title Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices PDF eBook
Author Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages 169
Release 2010
Genre Religion
ISBN 0827609558

Download Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In the newest addition to the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series, co-editors Elliot Dorff and Danya Ruttenberg have brought together a diverse group of Jews to comment on how Judaism affects their views and actions regarding sex. Contributors range from adult movie actor Ron Jeremy, to renowned feminist scholar Martha Ackelsberg, to noted writer and blogger Esther Kustanowitz, as well as rabbis, doctors, social workers, and activists. They discuss issues of monogamy, honesty, and communication in dating and marriage; testing for and disclosure of STDs; abortion, sex education, sex work, and sexuality. Each volume in this series presents hypothetical cases on specific topics, followed by traditional and contemporary sources. Supplementing these are brief essays, written by contributors of various ages, backgrounds, and viewpoints to provoke lively thought and discussion. These voices from Jewish tradition and today’s Jewish community present us with new questions and perspectives, encouraging us to consider our own moral choices in a new light.

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
Title Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices PDF eBook
Author Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages 170
Release 2010
Genre Religion
ISBN 0827611242

Download Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

How do we expand health care coverage to more Americans? Are hate crimes legislation and affirmative action fair? What sacrifices must we make to protect the environment? Is the death penalty morally acceptable? Contributors include Jill Jacobs, of Jewish Funds for Justice; Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center; and TV commentator and UCLA law professor Laurie Levenson.

Surprised by God

Surprised by God
Title Surprised by God PDF eBook
Author Danya Ruttenberg
Publisher Beacon Press
Total Pages 258
Release 2009-08-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780807010693

Download Surprised by God Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

At thirteen, Danya Ruttenberg decided she was an atheist. As a young adult, she immersed herself in the rhinestone-bedazzled wonderland of late 1990s San Francisco-drinking smuggled absinthe with wealthy geeks and plotting the revolution with feminist zinemakers. But she found herself yearning for something she would eventually call God. Surprised by God is a memoir of a young woman's spiritual awakening and eventual path to the rabbinate, a story of integrating life on the edge of the twenty-first century into the discipline of traditional Judaism, without sacrificing either. It's also an unflinchingly honest guide to the kind of work that goes into developing a spiritual practice-and it shows why, perhaps, doing this in today's world requires more effort than ever.

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
Title Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices PDF eBook
Author Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages 152
Release 2008-03-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 0827608608

Download Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This JPS ethics series deals with some of the most critical moral issues of our time. What are our obligations and rights to our own bodies? What does Judaism say about tattoos? Piercings? About our obligations to exercise and eat properly? What about smoking? Alcohol? Recreational drugs? Who owns our organs? What about our eggs and sperm? If resources are limited, whose body comes first and how do we decide? Why do so many young Jews suffer from eating disorders? Each volume in this series presents traditional and contemporary sources on specific topics, followed by hypothetical cases and study questions to provoke discussion. Supplementing these are brief essays written by a diverse group—political figures and journalists, business professionals and authors, scholars and artists, young voices and old, traditional believers and iconoclasts. As a conclusion, Dorff and Newman present their own reflections, providing a counterpoint to the contributors' perspectives. These voices from the Jewish tradition and today’s Jewish community give us new questions and perspectives to think about and encourage us to consider our moral choices in a new light. Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices takes a hard look at important and controversial topics of our time. Future volumes include Power; War and National Security; Sexual Relations; and The Internet.