Acknowledgments
Part 1. Shaping Jewish Life in an Open Society
1. A Response by Modern Orthodoxy to Jewish Religious Pluralism: The Case of Esriel Hildesheimer
2. German Orthodox Rabbinical Writings on the Jewish Textual Education of Women: The Views of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer
3. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch to Liepman Phillip Prins of Amsterdam: An 1873 Responsum on Education
4. An Ideology for the Liberal Jewish Day School: A Philosophical-Sociological Investigation
5. Denominationalism: History and Hopes
6. The Integrity of Reform within Kelal Yisra-el
Part 2. Searching for a Balanced Theology
7. A Theology of Fear: The Search for a Liberal Jewish Paradigm
8. Eugene B. Borowitz: A Tribute on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday
9. Laws and Judgments as a “Bridge to a Better World”: Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18)
10. Heschel and the Roots of Kavanah: Responsibility and Kavanah in Postwar America
11. Rabbi Hayim David Halevi on Christians and Christianity: An Analysis of Selected Legal Writings of an Israeli Authority
12. Interreligious Learning and the Formation of Jewish Religious Identity
Part 3. Visions for Israel
13. A Zionist Reading of Abraham Geiger and His Biblical Scholarship
14. National Sovereignty, Jewish Identity, and the “Sake of Heaven”: The Impact of Residence in Israel on Halakhic Rulings on Conversion
15. The Talmudic Principle, “If One Comes Forth to Slay You, Forestall by Slaying Him,” in Israeli Public Policy: A Responsum by Rabbi Hayim David Halevi
16. The Rock from Which They Were Cleft: A Review-Essay of Haim Amsalem’s Zera Yisrael and Mekor Yisrael
17. Moshe Zemer’s Halakhah Shefuyah: An Israeli Vision of Reform and Halakhah
18. Reform Zionism Today: A Consideration of First Principles
Part 4. Rabbis and the Rabbinate: Lezakot et Harabim
19. Wissenschaft des Judentums, Historical Consciousness, and Jewish Faith: The Diverse Paths of Frankel, Auerbach, and Halevy
20. “Creative Misreadings” in Representative Post-Emancipation Halakhic Writings on Conversion and Intermarriage
21. A Portrait of the Poseq as Modern Religious Leader: An Analysis of Selected Writings of Rabbi Hayim David Halevi
22. Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits on Conversion: An Inclusive Orthodox Approach
23. Transformation of the Rabbinate: Future Directions and Prospects
Source Acknowledgments
Bibliography of the Published Writings of David Ellenson
