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Tables of Contents for Jewish Living
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Introduction
xiii
Rabbinic Judaism and Jewish Law
xiii
Reform Judaism and the Halakhah
xix
On Reform Responsa
xxii
About This Book
xxv
The Worship Service
1
35
Reform Judaism and Jewish Prayer
1
2
The Structure of the Liturgy
3
3
Kippah, Tallit, Tefillin
6
9
Prayer in the Vernacular
15
2
Music
17
2
The Minyan
19
3
Non-Jewish Participation in the Worship Service
22
5
The Reading of the Torah
27
3
Individual Prayer and Blessings
30
6
The Congregation
36
37
The Synagogue
36
1
Membership
37
1
Governance
38
3
Finance
41
5
The Synagogue and the Unaffiliated
46
1
The Community and the Apostate
47
7
The Synagogue Building and Its Contents
54
4
The Torah Scroll
58
3
Ritual Implements and Sanctuary Furnishings
61
3
Proper and Improper Use of the Synagogue
64
2
The Rabbi
66
5
The Cantor
71
2
Sabbath and Holiday Observance
73
61
Shabbat
73
13
Rosh Chodesh and the Jewish Calendar
86
4
The Pilgrimage Festivals
90
3
The Second Festival Day (Yom Tov Sheni Shel Galuyot)
93
3
The ``Special Sabbaths''
96
2
Pesach
98
12
The Omer
110
1
Shavuot
111
2
Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah
113
4
Rosh Hashanah
117
4
The Days of Awe
121
1
Yom Kippur
122
3
Purim
125
3
Chanukah
128
3
Tisha Be'Av and Yom Hashoah
131
2
Yom Ha`atzma'ut
133
1
The Life Cycle
134
71
Birth and Childhood
134
1
Jewish Status and ``Patrilineal Descent''
134
7
Adoption
141
1
Circumcision (Berit Milah)
142
5
Naming and Covenant Ceremonies
147
1
Redemption of the First-born Son (Pidyon Haben)
148
1
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
149
3
Confirmation
152
1
Marriage
153
15
Divorce
168
8
The Jewish Home and Family
176
8
Death and Mourning
184
21
Conversion
205
15
The Jew-by-Choice
205
3
The Ger Toshav (The ``Almost'' Proselyte)
208
1
Requirements for Conversion
209
2
The Conversion Rituals
211
4
The Jew-by-Choice and the Community
215
5
Medical Ethics
220
49
Healing and the Jewish Tradition
220
4
Bikkur Cholim: Visiting and Caring for the Sick
224
1
Between Physicians and Patients
224
8
The Frontiers of Medical Science
232
1
Scientific Technologies and Human Reproduction
233
9
Birth Control
242
1
Abortion
242
3
Extreme Illness and the Approach of Death
245
10
Organ Donation and Transplant
255
2
Medical Experimentation on Human Subjects
257
2
Cosmetic Surgery
259
1
Priorities in Medical Treatment
260
2
Smoking, Alcohol, and Drugs
262
2
AIDS; Tay-Sachs Testing
264
3
Transsexual Surgery
267
2
Between Jews and Non-Jews
269
13
The Religion of the Non-Jew
272
2
Interfaith Services
274
2
Participation in Non-Jewish Religious Services
276
1
Non-Jewish Religious Practices
277
5
Reform Judaism and the Jewish Community
282
15
Israel and Zionism
284
3
Israel: Conflicts and Priorities
287
3
Reform Judaism and Other Jewish Groups
290
7
Judaism and Society
297
32
Tzedakah
298
6
Business Ethics
304
6
Personal Ethics
310
4
The Disabled and the Community
314
3
Human Sexuality
317
8
The Environment
325
1
War
326
3
Suggestions for Further Reading
329
12
Notes
341
133
Halakhic Sources
474
6
Bibliography
480