Book
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Israel as a Religious Reality
, Chaim I. Waxman |
| Description: The creation of the State of Israel has dramatically affected the
status and self-identity of Jews around the world. For religious
Jews, Israel has a special dimension as a religious reality. Israel
is not simply a secular, sociopolitical entity that is important
because it is a Jewish state. It is also the land promised to the
Jewish people by God in the Torah itself. The authors of the essays
in Israel as a Religious Reality perceive the State of Israel as
having halakhic significance for all of Judaism and Jewry. These
leading thinkers from the disciplines of halakhah, Israeli law, the
social sciences, and philosophy consider such issues as the mitzvah
of making aliyah - moving to Israel - and the prohibition against
leaving the Holy Land; how religious Zionists face up theologically
to living in Galut - the Diaspora; for observant Jewry, the
advantages and disadvantages of a central rabbinic authority; the
halakhic status and authority of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel; and
the extent to which Orthodox Jews view their religious realities
differently, depending on whether they live in Israel or in the
Diaspora. According to the editor, Dr. Chaim Waxman, "The conference
papers upon which the essays in this volume are based inspired much
thought and valuable discussion. It is hoped that in their revised
form, for this volume, they will reach an even wider audience and
help stimulate new religious Zionist thought and action in the
American Orthodox community as well as those worldwide." The
contributors to this volume were participants in the Orthodox Forum,
an annual gathering of scholars who meet to consider major issues of
concern to the Jewish community.
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| Source: Jason Aronson, 1994 |
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Articles
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Toward A Sociology of Psak , Chaim I. Waxman |
| Description: not available |
| Source: Rabbinic Authority and Personal Autonomy ed. Sokol |
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Edah Journals
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American Modern Orthodoxy: Confronting Cultural Challenges
, Chaim I. Waxman |
| Description: not available |
| Source: not available |
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