Contemporary Halakhic Problems: VII

Judaism is unique in that one of its greatest mizvot is the study of Torah for its own sake. The contemporary student of Halakhah enjoys the encounter not just with the practical questions of today, but with the questions that will arise tomorrow. In this latest volume of Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Rabbi Bleich provides lucid summaries and analyses of classic halakhic questions alongside pioneering applications of Jewish law to current social, political, technological and religious issues. Covering topics such as: stem-cell burgers, entering a non-Jewish house of worship, video surveillance, medical and cosmetic tattooing, laser circumcision, posthumous paternity, vaccination; among others, the essays in this book cover some of the most intriguing questions of our time. A must for anyone interested in Jewish law.

RABBI DR. J. DAVID BLEICH is a Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel le-Hora'ah at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Law and Ethics at Yeshiva University. He has served as visiting Gruss Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He is the author of the acclaimed series, Contemporary Halakhic Problems, as well as Judaism and Healing; Providence in the Philosophy of Gersonides; Bircas Ha-Chammah; Time of Death in Jewish Law; a four-volume Hebrew series, Be-Netivot Ha-Halakhah; a two-volume work, Bioethical Dilemmas: A Jewish Perspective; J. David Bleich: Where Halakhah and Philosophy Meet and The Philosophical Quest: Of Philosophy, Ethics, Law and Halakhah (available from Maggid Books). He is also editor of With Perfect Faith and co-editor of Jewish Bioethics.