Social justice / edited by Elliot N. Dorff and Danya Ruttenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dorff, Elliot N.

Ruttenberg, Danya.

Series:

Jewish choices, Jewish voices ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish ethics.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Human body--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do we expand health care coverage to more Americans? Are hate crimes legislation and affirmative action fair? What sacrifices must we make to protect the environment? Is the death penalty morally acceptable? Contributors include Jill Jacobs, of Jewish Funds for Justice; Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center; and TV commentator and UCLA law professor Laurie Levenson. Each volume in this series presents hypothetical cases on specific topics, followed by traditional and contemporary sources. Supplementing these are brief essays, written by contributors of various ages, backgrounds, and viewpoints to provoke lively thought and discussion. These voices from Jewish tradition and today's Jewish community present us with new questions and perspectives, encouraging us to consider our own moral choices in a new light.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Case 1: Poverty and Health Care

Case Study

Traditional Sources

Contemporary Sources

Responses:

Passion, Power, and Partnership

Health Care for the Homeless: An Interview with Lillian Gelberg

The Reach and the Limits of Responsibility

Case 2: Discrimination and Preferential Treatment

For Whom is the Fight Against Discrimination? Jews, Liberal Equality and Ethnic-Nationalism

Discrimination: A Violation of Human Dignity

Bias Crime Laws and the Mission of Social Justice

Case 3: The Environment

Teshuvah to Shylah: Creating Questions from Answers

Preventing Our Stumble

Struggling with Environmental Balance

Case 4: Criminal Justice

Getting Our Priorities Right: The Call for Education, Not Incarceration

Reading the Rabbis in Their Own World: Contextualizing Rabbinic Views of Capital Punishment

The Role of Punishment and the Death Penalty

Conclusion: The Ethics of Social Justice

Suggestions for Further Reading

Editors and Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145) and index.

ISBN:

0-8276-1124-2

OCLC:

748362434