-Leviticus chs. 11, 18-21 -“Kashrut” -Mary Douglas, Abominations of Leviticus”, from “The Purity and Danger: An Analysis (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966), of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo available at -Spend 15 minutes on the web finding out something about Jewish dietary laws you didn’t already know. Week 7: Divorce and Same-Sex Marriage -Elon, 25-31 -“Civil Marriage for Gay and Lesbian Jewish Couples”, Union for Reform Judaism, Nov. 2, 1997, available by searching for this title at -Elliot N. Dorff et al, Human Dignity & Halakhah: A Combined “Homosexuality, Responsum for the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards” (Dec. 6, 2006), available at -Steven Greenberg, Hope for Gay Orthodox Jews,” (Oct. 1, The Jewish Week “New 2013), available at Week 8: Conflict Resolution -Elon, 361-368 -Robert A. Baruch Bush, and ADR: Insights from the Jewish Tradition,” 28 “Mediation 1007 (2001), available at Fordham Urban Law Journal -Jonathan R. Cohen, Genesis of Conflict: The Zero-Sum Mindset,” 17 Cardozo “A 427 (2016), available at . Journal of Conflict Resolution Week 9: Ethics & Poverty -Jacobs, 1-78 -Jonathan R. Cohen, Directions toward Ethical Peoplehood,” “Two CCAR J: Reform 65 (Winter 2018), available at Jewish Q. Week 10: Social Obligation, Employment & Homelessness -Jacobs, 79-158. Weeks 11-13: Student Presentations Week 14: Healthcare & Environment -Jacobs, 159-191, 214-22.
-Leviticus chs. 11, 18-21 -“Kashrut” -Mary Douglas, “The Abominations of Leviticus”, from Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966), available at -Spend 15 minutes on the web finding out something about Jewish dietary laws you didn’t already know. Week 7: Divorce and Same-Sex Marriage -Elon, 25-31 -“Civil Marriage for Gay and Lesbian Jewish Couples”, Union for Reform Judaism, Nov. 2, 1997, available by searching for this title at -Elliot N. Dorff et al, “Homosexuality, Human Dignity & Halakhah: A Combined Responsum for the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards” (Dec. 6, 2006), available at -Steven Greenberg, “New Hope for Gay Orthodox Jews,” The Jewish Week (Oct. 1, 2013), available at Week 8: Conflict Resolution -Elon, 361-368 -Robert A. Baruch Bush, “Mediation and ADR: Insights from the Jewish Tradition,” 28 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1007 (2001), available at -Jonathan R. Cohen, “A Genesis of Conflict: The Zero-Sum Mindset,” 17 Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution 427 (2016), available at . Week 9: Ethics & Poverty -Jacobs, 1-78 -Jonathan R. Cohen, “Two Directions toward Ethical Peoplehood,” CCAR J: Reform Jewish Q. 65 (Winter 2018), available at Week 10: Social Obligation, Employment & Homelessness -Jacobs, 79-158. Weeks 11-13: Student Presentations Week 14: Healthcare & Environment -Jacobs, 159-191, 214-22.
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