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Published in Association with the Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah
General Editor: Walter Jacob
Walter Jacob was Senior Scholar of Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. He also served as President of the Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah. He is the author and editor of a number of titles including American Reform Responsa (1983), Liberal Judaism and Halakhah (1988) and Not by Birth Alone, Conversion to Judaism (1997).
Chapter 1. Halakhah and Innovation
R. Adler
Chapter 2. The Confrontation of the Minhag and Halakhah
W. Dorff
Chapter 3. Reform Judaism and Same Sex Marriage
D. Ellenson and P. Knobel
Chapter 4. The Woman in Reform Judaism
W. Jacob
Chapter 5. Marriage, Divorce, and Gender
J. Rayner
Chapter 6. Progressive Halakhah on Homosexual Marriage
M. Zemer
Chapter 7. Selected Responsa