Judaism and the Challenges of Modern Life »

Introduction   Donniel Hartman     1
The Challenge of Ideas
Judaism and the Challenges of Science   Menachem Fisch     9
Tradition and Legal Change   Zvi Zohar     22
Tradition: Continuity or Change - Two Religious Options   Vered Noam     31
Judaism: Between Religion and Morality   Donniel Hartman     48
Traditional Judaism and the Feminist Challenge   Chana Safrai     59
The Changing Status of Women in Liberal Judaism: A Reflective Critique   Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi     74
Judaism, Feminism and Homosexuality   Jonathan W. Malino   Tamar S. Malino     85
The Challenge of Diversity
The Religious Significance of Religious Pluralism   David Hartman     95
Monotheism and Violence   Moshe Halbertal     105
Who is a Jew? Membership and Admission Policies in the Jewish Community   Donniel Hartman     114
The Anomalies of Jewish Political Identity   Michael Walzer     134
The Challenge of Statehood
The Significance of Israel for the Future of Judaism   David Hartman     141
Religion and State in Israel   Menachem Lorberbaum     152
War and Peace   NoamZohar     165
Human Rights and Membership Rights in the Jewish Tradition   Moshe Halbertal     179
Bibliography     189