Jewish Religious Law

John D. Rayner (1924-2005) graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati. He was Emeritus Rabbi of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London, Hon. Life-President of the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues, and Lecturer in Liturgy at Leo Baeck College, London.

• PrefaceList of AbbreviationsGlossaryPART I: THE PERSPECTIVEChapter 1. Progressive JudaismChapter 2. Progressive Judaism Fifty Years after the HolocaustPART II: A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO HALACHAHChapter 3. Halachah and Aggadah: Law and Lore in JudaismChapter 4. The Need for a New Approach to HalachahChapter 5. Rethinking our Relationship with HalachahChapter 6. Towards a Progrssive HalachahChapter 7. Between Antinomianism and ConservatismChapter 8. A Genuinely Progressive HalachahPART III: SOME HALACHIC PROBLEMSChapter 9. Praying with KavvanahChapter 10. The Language of PrayerChapter 11. The Posture of PrayerChapter 12. Women and WorshipChapter 13. On Seeing Halley's CometChapter 14. Returning a Scroll to its DonorChapter 15. Recycling Old PrayerbooksChapter 16. Medical ConfidentialityChapter 17. Organ TransplantationChapter 18. A Matter of Life and DeathChapter 19. EuthanasiaChapter 20. Burial of Progressive Proselyte in Orthodox CemeteryChapter 21. Jewish IdentityChapter 22. Conception and ContraceptionChapter 23. From Unilateralism to Recipocity: A Short History of Jewish DivorceChapter 24. The Land, the Law and the Liberal ConscienceNotes and AcknowledgementsBibliography