The Relationship of Orthodox Jews with Believing Jews of Other Religious Ideologies and Non-Believing Jews »

Contents

Contributors....................ix
Series Editor's Preface Robert S. Hirt....................xiii
Introduction Adam Mintz....................xvii
1. The Relationship of Orthodox Jews with Believing Jews of Other Religious Ideologies and Non-Believing Jews: The American Situation in Historical Perspective Jonathan D. Sarna....................1
2. Encountering the Other: Birthright Israel, Jewish Peoplehood, and the Opportunities and Dangers of Religious Journeys Sylvia Barack Fishman....................27
3. Orthodox Educators in Non-Orthodox Jewish Educational Settings Jack Bider....................51
4. Beyond Outreach: The Abraham Joshua Heschel School-A Case Study in Inter-denominational Collaboration Ahuva Halberstam....................85
5. The American Model: Internal Orthodox Debate with a Focus on Birthright and Other Similar Programs Mark Dratch....................131
6. The Orthodox Professional in Non-Orthodox Communal Agencies Marc D. Stern....................151
7. Beyond the Pale? Reflections Regarding Contemporary Relations with Non-Orthodox Jews Aharon Lichtenstein....................187
8. The Halakhic Status of the Secular Jew: A Question of Public, Not Personal, Halakhah Yuval Cherlow....................225
9. Halakhic Views Toward Different Jews Yona Reiss....................243
10. What A Difference Place Makes: Reflections on Religious-Secular Divides in Israel and in America Jeffrey Saks....................259
11. Relationships Between Religiously Observant and Other Troops in the IDF: Vision Versus Reality Stuart A. Cohen....................279
12. It's A Small, Small World: Secular Zionism Through the Eyes of a Religious-Zionist Parashat HaShavua Pamphlet Yoel Finkelman....................313
13. Lessons Religious Zionism Can Learn From Modern Orthodoxy in America: Civil Marriage in Israel Marshall Breger....................351
Orthodox Forum Twenty-First Conference List of Participants....................393
Index....................397