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Authors: Norman Lamm
ISBN-13: 9780881257687, ISBN-10: 0881257680
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Norman Lamm

Book Synopsis

Volume II
CHAPTER 6. HALAKHA: JEWISH LAW	1
25. The Future of Creativity in Jewish Law and Thought	3
26. Judaism and Human Rights	17
27. The Talmud and the Tapes	22
28. Is it a Mitzvah to Administer Medical Therapy?	25
29	The Role of the Blind in the Performance of the
Commandments	33
30. On Visiting the Sick; In Jewish Law and Thought	35
CHAPTER 7. SACRED TIME	43
31. Repentance Beyond Sin	45
32. The Megillah's Double Vision	50
33. The Irony of Passover	52
34. Tisha Be'av Today	58
35. Holiday of the Exiles	68
36. Happiness and Fun	73
CHAPTER 8. THE RABBINATE	79
37. The Challenges of the Modern Rabbinate	81
38. Notes of an Unrepentant Darshan	94
39. The Self-Image of the Rabbi	108
40. The Makings of a Ben Torah	119
41. There is a Prophet in Israel	126
42. A Rabbi Inside and Out	134
43. The Spirit of Elijah Rests uponElisha	144
44. The Who, What, and Where of the Rabbinate	154
45. Caves and Enclaves	163
CHAPTER 9. ISRAEL AND ZIONISM	171
46. Religious Zionism: The Mizrachi	173
47. The Neturei Karta	183
48. After the Six Day War	198
49. The Yom Kippur War	206
50. "With Hands Not Bound and Feet Unchained"	219
51	Thirty Days Later—Rabin and the "Peace
process"	224
52	After the Rabin Assassination: Where Do We Go from
Here?	237
53. Latvian Jewry: A Lesson in Diaspora-Israel Relations	241
54. Reflections on Israel at 50	243
55. The Jewish State: The Next 50 Years	246
CHAPTER 10. THE HOLOCAUST	251
56. Teaching the Holocaust	253
57. A Time to Keep Silent ... and a Time to Speak	267
58	Death Has No Future: The Holocaust and Jewish
Education	276
59	Holocaust Compensation: from the Vantage of Jewish
Law and Morality	281
Epilogue	293
60. Past, Present, and Future	295

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