To Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics [Hardcover]

Elliot Dorff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2002

Rabbi Dorff focuses on the social aspects of the Jewish tradition, while tackling such timely topics as poverty, war, intrafaith and interfaith relations, and forgiveness. In addition, he discusses Jewish social ethics as they both relate to and contrast with Christian and American belief systems in modern society.

Dorff argues that Jewish sources, when properly placed within the framework of the realities of our own times, can provide important guidance for Jews on how to act in their daily lives.

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"...a lucid scholarly contribution to contemporary Jewish theological thinking... a book to be read and studied..." -- Jewish Book World, Winter 2003

About the Author

Elliott Dorff, a Conservative rabbi, has written and spoken extensively on the topic of Jewish ethics. He served for 10 years as co-chair of the Priest-Rabbi Dialogue, sponsored by the Board of Rabbis of S. California and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. His 1998 title Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics is a best-selling title for JPS.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 303 pages
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827607156
• ISBN-13: 978-0827607156
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,597,809 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A highly recommended look at human motivations, September 8, 2002

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This review is from: To Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics (Hardcover)

To Do The Right And The Good: A Jewish Approach To Modern Social Ethics by Conservative Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff is an informed and informative examination of the commitment of Judaism to social equality. From the ethics of war and international intervention, to looking at the social problem of poverty from a Jewish point of view, to pluralism within the Jewish community itself, To Do The Right And The Good is a thought-provoking and highly recommended look at human motivations, what it means to be Jewish, and the necessity of holding oneself to an ethical standard worthy of the Torah.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful, knowledgeable, and reasonable (and quite readable), April 27, 2011

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This review is from: To Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics (Paperback)

Thoughtful, knowledgeable, and reasonable. The author explores serious issues as only someone with a large breadth and depth of relevant knowledge and a long experience thinking and dealing with these issues can. These are all important issues and each one could easily justify a book length treatment. If these issues interest you (and IMO they are important and therefore they should interest most people) then this book is worth reading. It is well written and the author presents material in an easy to understand manner.