Jewish Religious Law

<p> This is the first major work on the interrelationship between Liberal Judaism and Rabbinic Law (Halachah) ever to have been produced in Britain and in Europe since the nineteenth century. It represents a plea for a positive yet forthrightly critical approach to Rabbinic Law in general aswell as to a variety of specific topics such as the language of prayer the status of women medical confidentiality euthanasia Jewish identity contraception divorce and Jewish territorial rights in Palestine/Israel.</p>