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Note:
The debate between Nathan Lewin and Arthur Green on how to deter
suicide killers, which appears below, are two parts of a whole.
Please do not circulate one article without the other.
Introduction We are now faced with an apparently intractable, increasingly
ferocious Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This expanded issue of Sh'ma--offered
only in part on-line--offers a series of perspectives on how American
Jews might talk about the crisis. Some of the reflections might
shock. These are shocking times, and that some are now thinking
the unthinkable might well unsettle us. But the only way out of
the present quagmire is to listen intently, to weigh previously
inconceivable options, and to arrive at conclusions that contain
just enough morality and just enough pragmatism. As usual, the opinions
expressed in these articles do not necessarily reflect the views
of the sponsors or the Sh'ma board. Feel free to participate in
the conversation on-line.
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Life on the Fringes: A Feminist Journey Toward Traditional Rabbinic
Ordination by Haviva Ner-David
 New
from Jewish Family & Life!, the parent organization of Sh'ma: Life
on the Fringes, a moving memoir and halakhic commentary by a
young Jewish feminist who is poised to become the first female Orthodox
rabbi. The author, Haviva Ner-David, explores contemporary approaches
to Jewish law and life, women's involvement in ritual and study,
the challenges of parenting, gender and our Jewish journeys, and
more ...
Click on the
cover to order.
Living Words: Best High Holiday Sermons of 5760/1999
Living
Words: The Best High Holiday Sermons of 5760 is a collection
of sermons filled with words of wisdom, pleas for justice, tales
of journeys and text-analyses that will inspire and enrich your
soul as you ponder new teachings for the High Holidays. Selected
by a panel of compassionate and thoughtful judges, these sermons
are diverse and challenging, seeking to engage those individuals
striving for both knowledge and spiritual growth.
For Sale: A New Source Book on the Jewish
Ethics of Addressing Terrorism
This publication is designed to help individuals
and families use Jewish sources and resources to address the aftermath
of the terrorist attack in NY and Washington. The book asks: How
do we do fight terrorism and preserve our society's moral fiber?
How do we maintain our personal, communal and religious ethics and
sense of morality in the face of a needed war on terrorism? What
are the boundaries for addressing terrorism? What is the ethical
framework we employ? :
Jewish Ethics and Fighting Terrorism will include three distinct
sections:
1. Helping families and educators with strategies to address this
difficult terrain with their children.
2. Several High Holiday Sermons that offer words of wisdom, inspiration,
comfort, and insight into how an American Jewish community responds
to terrorism.
3. An expanded special issue of Sh'ma that addressed these questions
with essays from Rabbi Saul Berman, Director of Edah, a voice of
Modern Orthodoxy
Dr. Marc Gopin, author of Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future
of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking and Holy War, Holy
Peace
Dr. Reuven Firestone, Professor of Medieval Judaism and Islam at
HUC-JIR in LA and author of Jihad: THe Origin of Holy War in Islam.
Dr. Dov Zakheim, Undersecretary of Defence, Controller
Dr. Vanessa Ochs, Professor of Religion, University of Virginia
Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, National Director of Inter-religious Affairs
at the American Jewish Committee, former Chief Rabbi of the American
Armed Services
Dr. Dawn Rose, former director of the Ethics Center at the Reconstructionist
Rabbinical School and Rabbi of Temple of Universal Judaism in NYC.
Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, President of Jewish Life Network
Available February, 2002. $25.00 includes postage and handling.
To order, contact stephenc@JFLmedia.com.
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