For the Love of God and People: A Philosophy of Jewish Law by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff National Jewish Book Award Winner Using architectural designs and planning

Using architectural designs and planning documents recently discovered in Poland and Russia and over 200 illustrations

The novel’s brisk and oftentimes lively Yiddish prose and its colorful and irascible cast of characters give readers a Yiddish Yoknapatawpha in all its tragic absurdity

to show off—or even to deceive the listener

informed perspective by one of the most prominent writers of the language

and insightful commentary—plus a foreword by Mimi Leder—this gorgeously illustrated book pays tribute to RBG

For the Love of God and People: A Philosophy of Jewish Law by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff National Jewish Book Award Winner Using architectural designs and planningEvery generation of Jews in every denomination of Judaism finds itself facing complex legal questions. The status of same sex unions and the plight of the agunah (a woman who cannot obtain a divorce), are just two of a myriad of thorny questions Jewish legal experts grapple with today. These are not esoteric problems but issues with a profound impact on the daily happiness of countless people. How do the rabbis who draft responses to these questions