Elliot N Dorff

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Power - Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Elliot N Dorff

Marc Notes: Each book in this series on Jewish ethics takes a hard look at important and controversial issues of our time. Each volume presents traditional and modern sources on specific topics, followed by hypothetical cases and study questions to provoke discussion. Supplementing these are brief essays.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Description of the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Series -- Introduction: Power -- Part I. Case Studies and Jewish Sources -- First Case Study: Soliciting Charitable Donations -- Questions -- Traditional Sources Relevant to All Cases / Aaron Alexander -- Traditional Sources / Aaron Alexander -- Contemporary Sources / Steven Edelman-Blank -- Second Case Study: Developing Personal Relationships -- Questions -- Traditional Sources / Aaron Alexander -- Contemporary Sources / Steven Edelman-Blank -- Third Case Study: Monitoring Ethics in Business -- Question -- Traditional Sources / Aaron Alexander -- Contemporary Sources / Steven Edelman-Blank -- Part II. Symposium -- The Power of Executives -- A Respectable Business Plan: Managing a Company the Jewish Way / Aaron Feuerstein -- You're No Sammy Glick: Ethics and Power in a Cutthroat Business / Marc Graboff -- My Experience in Raising and Dealing with Ethical Issues at Jewish Family Service (JFS) / Sandra King -- Union Power and the Valuable Role of the Worker / Rachelle Smith -- Power in Government -- Judaism, Politics, and the Power of Restraint / Henry A. Waxman -- Judaism and Power / Elizabeth Holtzman -- Power in the Professions -- The Unique Role of a Physician / Aaron J. Feingold -- Learning to Teach: Reflections on the Transition from Student to Teacher / Daniel Held -- When Power Is Resisted / Gail Labovitz -- The Complex Power of a Rabbi / Laura Geller -- The Power of Ideals -- Personhood and Power / James S. Diamond -- The Privilege to Choose, the Power to Change / Zachary Lazarus -- Part III. Conclusion -- The Ethics of Power -- Glossary -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Editors and Contributors -- Index. Publisher Marketing: Each book in this series on Jewish ethics takes a hard look at important and controversial issues of our time. Each volume presents traditional and modern sources on specific topics, followed by hypothetical cases and study questions to provoke discussion. Supplementing these are brief essays.

Contributor Bio:  Dorff, Elliot N Rabbi Elliott N. Dorff, PhD, is the author of many important books, including The Way Into Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and The Jewish Approach to Repairing the World (Tikkun Olam): A Brief Introduction for Christians. An active voice in contemporary interfaith dialogue, he is Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the American Jewish University (formerly the University of Judaism), and chair of the Academy of Judaic, Christian and Muslim Studies. Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD, is available to speak on the following topics: Jewish Medical Ethics Conservative Judaism Jewish and American Law Finding God in Prayer A Jewish Approach to PovertyContributor Bio:  Newman, Louis E "Louis E. Newman" is the Joan M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies and the Director of the Program in Judaic Studies at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.