Love Your Neighbor and Yourself: A Jewish Approach to Modern Personal EthicsIn this topically relevant book on modern ethical issues, Dorff focuses on personal ethics, Judaism's distinctive way of understanding human nature, our role in life, and what we should strive to be, both as individuals and as members of a community. Dorff addresses specific moral issues that affect our personal lives: privacy, particularly at work as it is affected by the Internet and other modern technologies; sex in and outside of marriage; family matters, such as adoption, surrogate motherhood, stepfamilies, divorce, parenting, and family violence; homosexuality; justice, mercy, and forgiveness; and charitable acts and social action. |
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Page viii
... Sexual Relations: Fundamental Concepts and Values 74 Two Fundamental Concepts 74 Six Fundamental Values 76 Sex within Marriage 82 Marital Companionship 82 Parenthood 95 Nonmarital Sex 111 A Special Note for Teenagers 118 Masturbation ...
... Sexual Relations: Fundamental Concepts and Values 74 Two Fundamental Concepts 74 Six Fundamental Values 76 Sex within Marriage 82 Marital Companionship 82 Parenthood 95 Nonmarital Sex 111 A Special Note for Teenagers 118 Masturbation ...
Page ix
... Sexual Abuse 173 Verbal Abuse 176 Witnesses to the Act or Results of Abuse 179 Defaming Another Human Being 180 Shaming Another 183 Informing Civil Authorities: The Issue of Mesirah 185 Defaming God 187 The Scope of Parental ...
... Sexual Abuse 173 Verbal Abuse 176 Witnesses to the Act or Results of Abuse 179 Defaming Another Human Being 180 Shaming Another 183 Informing Civil Authorities: The Issue of Mesirah 185 Defaming God 187 The Scope of Parental ...
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... sexual activity that I first conducted with teenagers at Camp Ramah in California, during the sixteen years that I ... sexual abuse, verbal abuse. It discusses how this manifests itself in the beating of spouses, parents, and children ...
... sexual activity that I first conducted with teenagers at Camp Ramah in California, during the sixteen years that I ... sexual abuse, verbal abuse. It discusses how this manifests itself in the beating of spouses, parents, and children ...
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... Sexuality; the Georgetown University Department of Political Science; the Templeton Foundation's project on forgiveness; the Blackwell books on Judaism edited by Jacob Neusner and Alan J. Avery-Peck; and the project on suffering and ...
... Sexuality; the Georgetown University Department of Political Science; the Templeton Foundation's project on forgiveness; the Blackwell books on Judaism edited by Jacob Neusner and Alan J. Avery-Peck; and the project on suffering and ...
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... Sexuality and published as “This Is My Beloved, This Is My Friend”: A Rabbinic Letter on Intimate Relations (New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 1996). Chapter Four is based on a responsum I wrote for the CJLS titled “Family Violence” and ...
... Sexuality and published as “This Is My Beloved, This Is My Friend”: A Rabbinic Letter on Intimate Relations (New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 1996). Chapter Four is based on a responsum I wrote for the CJLS titled “Family Violence” and ...
Contents
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This Is My Beloved This Is My Friend Sex and the Family | 73 |
Parents and Children | 127 |
Family and Violence | 155 |
The Elements of Forgiveness | 207 |
Hope and Destiny | 231 |
Notes | 252 |
The Interaction of Judaism with Morality Defining Motivating and Educating a Moral Person and Society | 311 |
Notes to Appendix | 345 |
Bibliography of Cited Modern Sources | 347 |
Index | 361 |
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