Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice: Tough Moral Choices of Our Time

This fully updated successor to Tough Choices and to the widely used series of social justice texts by Albert Vorspan and David Saperstein is the perfect volume for confirmation, high school, youth groups, and adult education classes. Bringing together Jewish perspectives and moral policy analysis on scores of urgent issues--from abortion to capital punishment and from the Mideast peace process to religious freedom in Israel and the United States--Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice looks closely at the challenges posed by these and other areas of social justice to Jews in North America today. Utilizing the popular "Real Dilemmas" rubric, Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice introduces readers and students to those social dilemmas that have faced our nation and community over the past two tumultuous generations by drawing them into the debate over issues Jews have confronted in the past and continue to face today. At the same time, this volume addresses such newly emerging issues as the? This fully updated successor to Tough Choices and to the widely used series of social justice texts by Albert Vorspan and David Saperstein is the perfect volume for confirmation, high school, youth groups, and adult education classes. Bringing together Jewish perspectives and moral policy analysis on scores of urgent issues--from abortion to capital punishment and from the Mideast peace process to religious freedom in Israel and the United States--Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice looks closely at the challenges posed by these and other areas of social justice to Jews in North America today. Utilizing the popular "Real Dilemmas" rubric, Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice introduces readers and students to those social dilemmas that have faced our nation and community over the past two tumultuous generations by drawing them into the debate over issues Jews have confronted in the past and continue to face today. At the same time, this volume addresses such newly emerging issues