Environment in Jewish law : essays and responsa / edited by Walter Jacob, Moshe Zemer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacob, Walter, editor.

Zemer, Moshe, 1932- editor.

Series:

Studies in progressive halakhah (Unnumbered)

Progressive Halakhah ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law (Jewish law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 113 p. )

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.

Summary:

Environmental concerns are at the top of the agenda around the world. Judaism, like the other world religions, only rarely raised issues concerning the environment in the past. This means that modern Judaism, the halakhic tradition no less than others, must build on a slim foundation in its efforts to give guidance. The essays in this volume mark the beginning of a new effort to face questions and formulate answers of vital importance.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 ECO-JUDAISM: DOES IT EXIST?

Chapter 2 ECOLOGY AS AMITZVAH

Chapter 3 WHEN VALUES COLLIDE

Chapter 4 URBAN PLANNING IN JEWISH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Chapter 5 JUDAISM AND ANIMALWELFARE

SELECTED REFORM RESPONSA

THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

ASBESTOS VERSUS REFUGEES

EARLY ZIONISM, THE BIBLICAL LANDSCAPE, AND ECOLOGY

TORAH ARK AND ECOLOGY

RECYCLING SACRED BOOKS AND THE GENIZAH

SHREDDING RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO PROTECT GOD’S NAME

THE USE OF TOBACCO

RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD PETS

JEWISH INVOLVEMENT IN GENETIC ENGINEERING

CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80073-506-5

1-57181-431-0