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Moshe Zemer† was Director of the Freehof Insittue of Progressive Halakhah and a founder of the Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel

Moshe Zemer† was Director of the Freehof Insittue of Progressive Halakhah and a founder of the Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel. He contributed to numerous articles on halakhah in the Israeli press and scientific journals and was author of The Sane Halakhah, (1993) which was translated into both German and English. Subject: Jewish Studies Gender Studies. BISAC: SOC049000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Jewish Studies; SOC032000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Gender Studies.

Walter Jacob and Moshe Zemer. Gender issues in Jewish law : essays and responsa. Demonizing the Queen of Sheba : boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical Judaism and medieval Islam. Chicago studies in the history of Judaism. Studies in progressive halakhah. New York: Berghahn Books, 2001. Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether and Marie Cantlon.

Moshe Zemer† was Director of the Freehof Insittue of Progressive Halakhah and a founder of the Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel.

This book contains eight essays and eight responsa on various issues associated with Judaism and gender. The role of custom in Jewish law is also the theme of "Halakhah, Women and Gender," Richard Rosenthal's consideration of the evolution of the prohibition against women wearing men's clothing. The collection also offers the reader a window into the evolution of law and custom in Reform Judaism.

Chapter 7: Progressive Halakhah and Homosexual Marriage (Moshe Zemer, page 151).

Chapter 2: Gender Issue in Jewish Divorce (John D. Rayner, page 33). Read. Chapter 3: Gender, Halakhah, and Women's Suffrage: Responsa of the First Three Chief Rabbis on the Public Role of Women in the Jewish State (David Ellenson and Michael Rosen, page 58). Chapter 4: Custom Drives Jewish Law on Women (Elliot N. Dorff, page 82). Chapter 7: Progressive Halakhah and Homosexual Marriage (Moshe Zemer, page 151). Chapter 8: Reform Judaism and Same-Sex Marriage: A Halakhic Inquiry (Peter S. Knobel, page 169).

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Gender issues in Jewish law : essays and responsa. Walter Jacob, Moshe Zemer and Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah. Marriage and its obstacles in Jewish law : essays and responsa. Crime and punishment in Jewish law : essays and responsa. New York: Berghahn Books, 1999. 8, Pittsburgh ; Tel Aviv; Pittsburgh: Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah; Rodef Shalom Press, 1999. Aging and the aged in Jewish law : essays and responsa.

Environmental concerns are at the top of the agenda around the world. Judaism, like the other world religions, only rarely raised issues concerning the environment in the past. This means that modern Judaism, the halakhic tradition no less than others, must build on a slim foundation in its efforts to give guidance. The essays in this volume mark the beginning of a new effort to face questions and formulate answers of vital importance. Walter Jacob - Rabbi Walter Jacob is a leader in Reform Judaism (North American) and an expert in the reform movement s approach to Jewish law (halakhah).