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Modern Scholarship in the Study of Torah: Plumbing Rav Kook’s Panentheism/ Bezalel Naor Tolerance, Dissent, and Democracy: Philosophical, The Orthodox Forum is convened annually by the Contributions and Limitations Rav Kook and Modern Orthodoxy: The Ambiguities of Historical, and Halakhic Perspectives Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva Edited by Shalom Carmy, 1996 “Openness”/ David Shatz Edited by Moshe Sokol, 2002 University to consider major issues of concern to the Published by Rowman & Littlefield Rav Soloveitchik as a Posek of Postmodern Orthodoxy/ Published by Rowman & Littlefield Jewish community. Forum participants from throughout Walter S. Wurzburger the world, including roshei yeshiva, rabbis, academicians A Room with a View, but a Room of Our Own/ Shalom Carmy Introduction/ Moshe Sokol Of Eagle’s Flight and Snail’s Pace/ Shalom Carmy in both Jewish and secular fields, Jewish educators, and The State and Directions of Orthodox Bible Study/ B. Barry Levy Democracy and Judaism/ Shalom Rosenberg Ger Ve-Toshav Anokhi: Modernity and Traditionalism in the Life Jewish communal professionals, gather in conference as Study of Bible in Light of Our Knowledge of the Halakha and Democracy/ Gerald Blidstein and Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik/ Moshe Z. Sokol a think tank to discuss and critique each other’s original Ancient Near East/ Barry L. Eichler Theoretical Grounds for Tolerance in the Jewish Tradition/ Between East and West: Modernity and Traditionalism in the papers, examining different aspects of a central theme. Rabbinic Midrash as Evidence for Textual Variants in the Moshe Sokol Writings of Rabbi Yehi’el Ya’akov Weinberg/ Judith Bleich The purpose of the Forum is to create and disseminate Hebrew Bible: History and Practice/ Yeshayahu Maori The Parameters of Tolerance/ Aharon Lichtenstein Rabbi Herzog’s Approach to Modernity/ Itamar Warhaftig a new and vibrant Torah literature addressing the critical On the Morality of the Patriarchs in Jewish Polemic The Halakhic Basis for Disobedience in a Democratic State/ issues facing Jewry today. Sixteen books to grow and Exegesis/ David Berger Jewish Perspectives on the Experience of Suffering Michael S. Berger out of these meetings have been published to date. The Study of Bible and the Primacy of the Fear of Heaven: Edited by Shalom Carmy, 1999 Historical Perspectives on Dissent and Disobedience: Rabbi Robert S. Hirt serves as the overall series editor. Compatibility or Contradiction?/ Mordechai Breuer Published by Rowman & Littlefield Jews Against Jews in Late Antiquity/ Lawrence H. Schiffman Response to Rabbi Breuer/ Shnayer Z. Leiman Two Movements of Messianic Awakening and Their Attitude We suggest that discerning readers will find the The Long and Winding Road: By Way of Introduction/ Camino Real and Modern Talmud Study/ Shalom Carmy to Halakha, Nationalism, and Democracy: The Cases of Habad volumes to be a wonderful source for adult learning. Shalom Carmy On the Legitimacy, Indeed, Necessity, of Scientific Disciplines and Gush Emunim / Eliezer Don-Yehiya The Duties of the Heart and Response to Suffering/ for True “Learning” of the Talmud / Daniel Sperber BeTzipiyat HaYeshuah HaShelemah: The Messianic Politics of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein Rabbinic Authority and Personal Autonomy Progressive Derash and Retrospective Peshat: Avraham Yitzhak Kook and Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook/ Ella Belfer Pain: Halakha and Hashkofah / Moshe D. Tendler Edited by Moshe Z. Sokol, 1992 Nonhalakhic Considerations in Talmud Torah/ Yaakov Elman Formulating Responses in an Egalitarian Age Published by Rowman & Littlefield “Tell Them I’ve Had a Good Enough Life”/ Shalom Carmy Tikkun Olam: Social Responsibility in The Contribution of Rabbinic Thought to a Theology Edited by Marc D. Stern, 2005 Daas Torah: A Modern Conception of Rabbinic Authority/ Jewish Thought and Law of Misfortune/ Yaakov Elman Published by Rowman & Littlefield Lawrence Kaplan Edited by David Shatz, Chaim I. Waxman and Metapsychological Dimensions of Religious Suffering: Subjectivity in Rabbinic Decision Making/ Aaron Kirschenbaum Introduction/Marc D. Stern Nathan J. 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David Bleich Jews, Gentiles, and the Modern Egalitarian Ethos: Some The Obligation of Jews to Seek Observance of Noahide Laws and Its Aftermath/ Yaffa Eliach Tentative Thoughts/ David Berger Jewish Tradition and the Non-Traditional Jew by Gentiles: A Theoretical Review/ Michael J. Broyde Annotated Bibliography to the Problem of Evil/ Yitzchak Blau Jewish Law and American Pubic Policy: A Principled Jewish Edited by Jacob J. Schacter, 1992 A Religious Context for Jewish Political Activity/ Jack Bieler Jewish Business Ethics: The Firm and Its Stakeholders View and Some Practical Jewish Observations/ Michael J. Broyde Published by Rowman & Littlefield Jews and Public Morality/ Marc D. Stern Edited by Aaron Levine and Moses Pava, 1999 Changing Conceptions of Gentiles at the Threshold of Rabbinic Attitudes towards Nonobservance in the Medieval Liberal Theory and Jewish Politics/ Martin P. Golding Published by Rowman & Littlefield Modernity: The Napoleonic Sanhedrin/ Jay R. 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Wurzburger Social Responsibilities of the Jewish Individual/ Meir Tamari Re-Committing to Our Mission: How Hard and Endeavor?/ Rebuking a Fellow Jew: Theory and Practice/ Yehudah Amital The Employee as Corporate Stakeholder: Exploring the Aspects of the Ideology of Capitalism and Judaism/ Aaron Levine Gidon Rothstein Loving and Hating Jews as Halakhic Categories/ Norman Lamm Relationship between Jewish Tradition and Contemporary All Jews are Responsible for One Another/ Health Care and Tikkun Olam/Barry Freundel Nachum L. Rabinovitch Business Ethics/ David J. Schnall Judaism, Science And Moral Responsibility Ahavat Yisrael: A Selected Bibliography/ Nathaniel Helfgot Engaging Modernity: Rabbinic Leaders and the Aspects of the Firm’s Responsibility to Its Customers: Edited by Yitzhak Berger and David Shatz, 2005 Israel as a Religious Reality Challenge of the Twentieth Century Pharmaceutical Pricing and Consumer Pricing/ Aaron Levine Published by Rowman & Littlefield Edited by Chaim I. 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