Torah for Today

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ISBN: 9780761836353 | 0761836357
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Copyright: 5/6/2008

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Torah for Today is composed of a series of articles written by Esther R. Taus for the monthly Temple publication, the Bulletin. Compiled over twenty-two years of writing, this work deals with the practical application of biblical principles and contemporary concerns. The essays are both informative and challenging. They mediate between the technical world of contemporary religious scholarship and the everyday reality of ethical decisions and piety.

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
September	p. 1
Selichot, The Beginning of the High Holidays	p. 1
The Days of Awe and the Phillistines	p. 3
The High Holy Days and the Endangered Specie, The Russian Jew	p. 8
Natural Evil, Moral Evil and Satan	p. 14
October	p. 20
Archeology Defines Abraham the Hebrew	p. 20
Christopher Columbus, A Marrano	p. 24
Noah and the Flood	p. 29
Charging Interest	p. 32
Sukkot	p. 34
November	p. 39
Balfour Declaration and the Jewish Homeland	p. 39
Veteran's Day and the War of Kings	p. 41
Malachi and Morality	p. 45
Jacob aka Israel	p. 47
December	p. 54
Hanukkah, Joshua and Jericho	p. 54
Hanukkah and the Hellenists	p. 58
Amos and Pearl Harbor Day	p. 61
Righteous Politicians and the Pre-Millennial Theology	p. 65
The Egypt Joseph Knew	p. 70
The Egypt Joseph Knew - Slavery and Adultery	p. 70
The Egypt Joseph Knew - Prisons and Dreams	p. 75
The Egypt that Joseph Knew - Education, Science, Medicine and Surgery	p. 79
The Egypt that Joseph Knew - Religion and the Priest	p. 82
January	p. 87
Martin Luther King, Jr., Moses and Slavery	p. 87
Fail Fejzic, Lincoln and Washington	p. 90
The Jewish Calendar	p. 95
The Jews in Egypt, Babylon, and South Africa	p. 98
February	p. 102
Obediah and Palestine's Partition - Ancient and Modern Edomites	p. 102
Shabbat Zachor	p. 106
Dr. Elders, Tamar and Onanism	p. 108
Seethe a Kid in its Mother's Milk	p. 111
March	p. 115
Ta'anit Esther, Fasting	p. 115
Elijah versus Baal	p. 117
Taxation	p. 120
Rite of the Red Heifer	p. 123
April	p. 126
Song of Songs and Passover	p. 126
Jonathan and David	p. 130
Moral Behavior of Leaders	p. 132
Elisha's Yahweh and Rabbi Kushner's God	p. 135
May	p. 140
The Fifth Commandment and Mother's Day	p. 140
Lag Ba'Omer	p. 142
Reconciliation Between the Vatican and Israel	p. 145
Blasphemy	p. 149
June	p. 154
The Priestly Blessing and Peace	p. 154
Shavuot	p. 156
Homosexuality	p. 160
Looking Back on the Millennium, Penance, Prayer and Fasting	p. 164
July	p. 168
The Rite of Women to Inherit	p. 168
Tisha B'Av, The Day of Mourning	p. 170
Character of a Leader	p. 171
August	p. 173
Marriage with an Enemy Woman Captive	p. 173
Book Reviews of: "Ghetto of Venice" by Ricardo Calliman	p. 174
"Sir Moses Montefiore" by Myrtle Franklen & Michael Bor	p. 176
"With All Your Possessions; Jewish Ethics and Economic Life" by Meir Tamari	p. 179
"When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough" by Harold Kushner	p. 182
Lingering Thoughts	p. 186
The Unabomber and the Decalogue	p. 186
Thomas Henry Huxley	p. 193
Index	p. 195
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