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

A National Jewish Book Award Winner

Rabbi Dorff focuses on the social aspects of the Jewish tradition, while tackling such timely topics as poverty, war, intrafaith and interfaith relations, and forgiveness. In addition, he discusses Jewish social ethics as they both relate to and contrast with Christian and American belief systems in modern society. Dorff argues that Jewish sources, when properly placed within the framework of the realities of our own times, can provide important guidance for Jews on how to act in their daily lives.

Elliott Dorff, a Conservative rabbi, has written and spoken extensively on the topic of Jewish ethics. He served for 10 years as co-chair of the Priest-Rabbi Dialogue, sponsored by the Board of Rabbis of S. California and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. His 1998 title Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics is a best-selling title for JPS.