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

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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.

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.