Elliot N Dorff

Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Sex and Intimacy - Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Elliot N Dorff

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Case 1. Dating Ethics -- Case Study -- Traditional Sources / Uzi Weingarten -- Contemporary Sources / Steven Edeldman-Blank -- Responses: Seeing Each Other and Seeing Ourselves: Jewish Ethical Dating in the Modern Age / Esther D. Kustanowitz -- Doing What Is Right and Good / Uzi Weingarten -- Sex, Truth, and Ethical Communication / S. Bear Bergman -- Holy Uncertainty: Judaism and Dating / Scott Perlo -- Case 2. Sexual Consequences -- Case Study -- Traditional Sources / Uzi Weingarten -- Contemporary Sources / Steven Edelman-Blank -- Responses: Building a Framework for Sexual Decision Making / Gloria Feldt -- Making Meaning and Finding Morality in a Sexualized World / Deborah M. Roffman -- Protect and Respect / Jeffrey Burack -- Case 3. Sex Work and Pornography -- Case Study -- Traditional Sources / Uzi Weingarten -- Contemporary Sources / Steven Edelman-Blank -- Responses: The Realities and Ethics of Sex Work: An Interview with Ron Jeremy / Ellion N. Dorff -- The Sex of Work, The Work of Sex / Hanne Blank -- Deconstructing the Commercial Sex Trade Industry / Rachel Durchslag -- Sex Work: Whose Choice? / Martha Ackelsberg -- Case 4. Sexual Negotiation -- Case Study -- Traditional Sources / Uzi Weingarten -- Contemporary Sources / Steven Edelman-Blank -- Responses: Negotiating Orgasm: Spirituality and the Sexual Experience / Gabriel Blau -- Sex in the Structure of the Brain and the Bible / Ron Levine -- A Bit of Heaven Here on Earth / Mark Dratch -- Conclusion: The Ethics of Sex -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Editors and Contributors -- Index.

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:  Ruttenberg, Danya Danya Ruttenberg is author of the forthcoming Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion and editor of the anthology Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism. She is a contributing editor to Lilith magazine and Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal. Ruttenberg will receive rabbinic ordination from the American Jewish University.