Books and Monographs:
1) Halakhah for Our
Time, Masorti Movement, Jerusalem, 1986, 12 pp. (in Hebrew)
1a) "La Halaja en
Nuestros Dias", Maj'shavot: Pensamientos, Vol. XXVII, no.
3, (July-September 1988), pp. 5-15 (a Spanish translation of no. 1)
2) Halakhah for Our
Time, Second Revised and Expanded Edition, Masorti Movement,
Jerusalem, 1987, 18 pp. (in Hebrew)
3) Halakhah for Our
Time: A Conservative Approach to Jewish Law, United Synagogue of
America, New York, 1991, 49 pp. (Third Edition; a revised translation
of no. 2)
3a) "Halakha for
Our Time", Yerushalaim, February 1991, pp. 24- 29 (a
partial Russian translation of no. 3)
3b) Halakhah for Our
Time, The Institute of Applied Halakhah at the Schechter
Institute, Jerusalem, 1998, 47 pp. (a Russian translation of no. 3)
3c) "La Halakha
comme systeme dynamique" in: Rivon Krygier, ed., La Loi Juive
a L'aube du XXIe Siecle, Paris, 1995, pp. 23-64 (a French
translation of no.3); second edition, Paris, 1999, pp. 25-66
4) Halakhah for Our
Time: The Approach of the Masorti Movement to Halakhah, Fourth
Revised and Expanded Edition, The Institute of Applied Halakhah at the
Schechter Institute and The Masorti Movement, Jerusalem, 1998, 40 pp.
(in Hebrew)
5) Editor and translator
of Hebrew edition, A Time to be Born and a Time to Die: The Laws of
Mourning in Jewish Tradition, by Rabbi Issac Klein, Masorti
Movement, Jerusalem, 1991, 80 pp.
6) Editor, Be'er
Tuvia: From the Writings of Rabbi Theodore Friedman, Masorti
Movement, Jerusalem, 1991, 425 pp. (in English, Hebrew and Spanish)
Reviews:
Bradley Shavit Artson, Conservative
Judaism 45/4 (Summer 1993), pp. 93-94
Chaim Pearl, London
Jewish Chronicle, July 29, 1994, p. 19
Gil Nativ, Siah
Meisharim 25 (Shevat 5755), pp. 25-26 (Hebrew)
7)
An Index of Conservative Responsa and Practical Halakhic
Studies: 1917-1990, The Rabbinical Assembly, New York, 1992, 80
pp.
8) Editor, Responsa
of the Law Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, Vol. 4
(5750-5752), The Masorti Movement, Jerusalem, 1992, 117 + xxxviii pp.
(in Hebrew)
9) Editor, An
Anthology of Responsa and Halachic Decisions Regarding Marriage,
The Masorti Movement, Jerusalem, 1993, 71 pp. (in Hebrew and English)
10) Editor, Breaking
New Ground: The Struggle for a Jewish Chaplaincy in Canada by
Rabbi S. Gershon Levi, National Archives, Canadian Jewish Congress,
Montreal, Canada, 1994, xvi, 101 pp.
Review: Judah Nadich, Conservative
Judaism 49/3 (Spring 1997), pp. 88-89
11) Editor,
Responsa of the Law Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly of
Israel, Vol. 5 (5752-5754), The Masorti Movement, Jerusalem, 1994,
190 + lii pp. (in Hebrew)
12) Editor, The
Responsa of Professor Louis Ginzberg, The Jewish Theological
Seminary, New York and Jerusalem, 1996, 352 pp. in English; 126 pp. in
Hebrew
Reviews:
Bradley Shavit Artson, Conservative
Judaism 49/3 (Spring 1997), p. 90
Joshua Adler, The
Jerusalem Post Magazine, October 1, 1997, p. 23
Joshua Schwartz, The
Journal of Jewish Studies 48/2 (Autumn 1997), pp. 413-414
Jack Riemer, Moment,
August 1998, p. 95
Zvi Zohar, Tarbitz
68/2 (5759), pp. 303-308 (Hebrew)
13) Rediscovering the
Art of Jewish Prayer, The United Synagogue of Conservative
Judaism, New York, 1997, 34 pp.
14) Editor, Proceedings
of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative
Movement: 1927-1970, 3 vols., The Rabbinical Assembly and The
Institute of Applied Halakhah at the Seminary of Judaic Studies,
Jerusalem, 1997, 1565 pp.
Review: Joshua Schwartz,
Journal of Jewish Studies, Autumn 1998, p. 414
15) Editor,
Responsa of the Law Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly of
Israel, Vol. 6 (5755-5758), The Institute of Applied Halakhah at
the Schechter Institute and the Masorti Movement, Jerusalem, 1998, 358
pp. in Hebrew; xxxiii pp. in
English
Review: Joshua Adler, The
Jerusalem Post, Friday, November 5, 1999, p. B12
16) Ginzei Rosh
Hashanah: Manuscripts of Bavli Rosh Hashanah from the Cairo Genizah -
A Facsimile Edition With a Codicological Introduction, The Jewish
Theological Seminary of America, New York and Jerusalem, 2000, 269 pp.
(in Hebrew)
17) Responsa in a
Moment (a collection of most of the responsa published in Moment),
The Institute of Applied Halakhah at the Schechter Institute of Jewish
Studies, Jerusalem, 2000
18) Editor, Jewish
Law Watch, No. 1, January 2000, 24 pp. (Hebrew and English)
19) Editor, Jewish
Law Watch, No. 2, September 2000, 30 pp. (Hebrew and English)
Books in Preparation:
1) Editor, Responsa
and Halakhic Studies by Rabbi Issac Klein, second enlarged
edition, The Institute of Applied Halakhah at the Schechter Institute
(in English)
2) Bavli Megillah
Chapter 3: A Scholarly Edition, The Society for the Interpretation
of the Talmud, Jerusalem (in Hebrew)
3) Women in Jewish
Law: a Halakhic Approach to Change (in English)
4) The Jews of Reishe
by Herman Leder, translated from the Yiddish and annotated (in
English)
Thesis Advisor:
1) Jeremy Benstein, Truth
and Lying in Rabbinic Literature, M.A. Thesis, Seminary of Judaic
Studies, Jerusalem, 1995, 144 pp.
2) Yoel Rappel, A
History of Prayers for the Government and Prayers for the State of
Israel, D.H.L. Thesis, Schechter Institute, in progress
Academic Bulletins:
1) Editor, Shnaton of
the Seminary of Judaic Studies 5753, Jerusalem, 5753, 50 pp.
2) Editor, Shnaton of
the Seminary of Judaic Studies 5754, Jerusalem, 5754, 63 pp.
3) Editor, Shnaton of
the Seminary of Judaic Studies 5755, Jerusalem, 5755, 90 pp.
4) Editor, Shnaton of
the Seminary of Judaic Studies 5756, Jerusalem, 5756, 88 pp.
5) Editor, Shnaton of
the Seminary of Judaic Studies 5757, Jerusalem, 5757, 91 pp.
6) Editor, Shnaton of
the Seminary of Judaic Studies 5758, Jerusalem, 5758, 95 pp.
7) Editor, Shnaton of
the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies 5761, Jerusalem, 5761,
149 pp.
Column:
"Responsa" in Moment
magazine (1990-96; on contemporary halakhic issues)
Articles and Responsa
(an * = a refereed article):
1) "Improving the
Seminary", Ikka d'Amrei: A Student Journal of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America, Vol. II, no. 2 (April 1980), pp.
46-53
*2) "The Satan and
Rabbi Yizhak Revisited", Conservative Judaism, Vol. XXXV,
no. 3 (Spring 1982), pp. 50-54
*3) "Yom Hashoah:
A Program of Observance", Conservative Judaism, Vol.
XXXVII, no. 4 (Summer 1984), pp. 52-64
*3a)"How Should We
Observe Yom Hashoah: a Program", Eit La'asot no. 3
(Summer 1991), pp. 37-54 (in Hebrew, an expanded version of no. 3)
4) "Rabbeinu
Sh'H", Sinai, Vol. 98 (5746), pp. 201-214 (in Hebrew)
5) "Is it
Permissible to Enter the Temple Mount Today?", Responsa of the
Law Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, Vol. I (5746),
Jerusalem, 5746, pp. 3-9 (in Hebrew)
*5a) "Is it
Permissible to Enter the Temple Mount Today?", Conservative
Judaism, Vol. XLVIII, No. 3 (Spring 1996), pp. 3-9 (a revised
English translation of no. 5)
6) "Milking on Shabbat",
Responsa ibid., pp. 15-20 (in Hebrew)
7) "Is it
Permissible to Fast Until Minhah on Tisha B'av?",
ibid., pp. 29-34 (in Hebrew)
8) "Does a Kibbutz
Need an Eruv?", ibid., pp. 35-36 (in Hebrew)
9) "How Should Shemitah
be Observed in our Day?", ibid., pp. 37-45 (in Hebrew)
10) "Poetry in
Rabbinic Literature", Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly,
Vol. XLVIII (1986), pp. 328-332 (in Hebrew)
11) "The
Extradition of a Jewish Criminal", Siah Meisharim, no. 13
(April-May 1987), pp. 15-17 (in Hebrew)
12) "The Mehitzah
in the Synagogue", Responsa of the Law Committee of the
Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, Vol. 2 (5747), Jerusalem, 1988, pp.
5-20 (in Hebrew)
12a) "La mehitsa
dans les synagogues" in: Rivon Krygier, ed., La Loi Juive a
L'aube du XXIe Siecle, Paris, 1995, pp. 219-222 (a French synopsis
of no. 12)
12b) "La mehitsa
dans les synagogues" in: Rivon Krygier, ed., La Loi Juive a
L'aube du XXIe Siecle, second edition, Paris, 1999, pp. 219-252 (a
French translation of no. 12)
13) "The Timing of
the Hakafot on Simchat Torah", Responsa,
Vol. 2, ibid., pp. 21-27 (in Hebrew)
14) "The
Participation of Women in Funerals", ibid., pp. 31-40 (in Hebrew)
15) "The
Extradition of a Jewish Criminal to Another Country", ibid., pp.
53-58 (in Hebrew, an expanded version of no. 11)
16) "Additions and
Corrections to Responsa of the Law Committee 5746", ibid., p. 79
(in Hebrew)
*17) "A Responsum
Regarding the Siyyum Feast", Eit La'asot, no. 1
(Summer 1988), pp. 88-102 (in Hebrew)
*18) "Siddur Sim
Shalom - A Halakhic Analysis", Conservative Judaism,
Vol. XLI, no. 1 (Fall 1988), pp. 38-55
19) "Purim - Laws
and Customs", Kehillat Moreshet Avraham Newsletter, no. 2
(March 1989), English section, pp. 6-10; Hebrew section, pp. 5-9
(reprinted in "Purimon", Masorti Movement, Jerusalem, 1990,
1991 etc.)
19a) "Purim - Leyes
y Costumbres", Purim: Para Toda la Familia, Masorti
Movement, Jerusalem, 1992, pp. 9-13 (a Spanish translation of no. 19)
*20) "Sheiltot
d'rav Ahai Gaon as an Appellation for Halakhot Kezuvot",
Kiryat-Sefer, Vol. 62, nos. 1-2 (5748-5749), pp. 433-438 (in
Hebrew)
21) Letter to the Editor
(regarding the Talmud criticism of Shamma Friedman and David Weiss
Halivni), Conservative Judaism, Vol. XLI, no. 3 (Spring 1989),
pp. 91-93
22)
"Introduction", Responsa of the Law Committee of the
Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, Vol. 3 (5748-5749), Jerusalem,
1989, pp. 1-3 (in Hebrew)
23) "May Women Read
from or be Called to the Torah?", ibid., pp. 13-19 (in Hebrew)
23a) "Une femme
peut-elle monter a la Tora?" in: Rivon Krygier, ed., La Loi
Juive a L'aube du XXIe Siecle, Paris, 1995, pp. 181-212 (a French
translation of no. 23); second edition, Paris, 1999, pp. 253-286
24) "May Ashkenazim
Eat Kitniyot (Legumes) on Pesach?", Responsa,
Vol. 3, pp. 35-56 (in Hebrew)
25) "May Women
Recite the Mourners' Kaddish?", ibid., pp. 69-80 (in
Hebrew)
26) "May a Single
Jewish Woman have a Baby by Artificial Insemination?", ibid., pp.
83-91 (in Hebrew)
26a) "Responsa: May
a Single Jewish Woman have a Baby by Artificial Insemination?, Moment,
Vol. 15, no. 6 (December 1990), pp. 18-19 (an abbreviated translation
of no. 26)
27) "Additions and
Corrections to the Responsa of the Law Committee 5747", Responsa,
ibid., pp. 99-100
*28) "A Halakhic
Agenda for the Masorti Movement", Eit La'asot, no. 2
(Summer 1989), pp. 33-39 (in Hebrew)
*28a) "A Halakhic
Agenda for the Conservative Movement" (a revised translation of
no. 28), Conservative Judaism, Vol. XLVI, no. 3 (Spring 1994),
pp. 29-39
29) "Richard Cohen
and the Talmud", The Washington Post, February 17, 1990,
p. A29.
30) "The Word Katofoss
in Hebrew and Katovess in Yiddish - Its Meaning and
Etymology", Sinai, Vol. 106 (5750), pp. 175-183 (in
Hebrew)
31) "Responsa: May
a Senile Parent be Institutionalized?", Moment, Vol. 16,
no. 2 (April 1991), pp. 22-23, 42
32) "A Bibliography
of the Writings of Rabbi Theodore Friedman", Be'er Tuvia
(Book no. 6 above), pp. 27-45
33) "Responsa: To
What Extent Should We Investigate the Charities to Which We
Contribute?", Moment, Vol. 17, no. 1 (February 1992), pp.
17-18
33a) "To What
Extent Should We Investigate the Charities to Which We
Contribute?", Siah Meisharim, No. 23 (Adar I
5752), pp. 35-39 (a Hebrew translation of no. 33)
34) "Responsa:
Torah Study vs. Earning a Living: Which Takes Precedence?", Moment,
Vol. 17, no. 3 (June 1992), pp. 24-25, 64
35)
"Introduction", Responsa of the Law Committee of the
Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, Vol. 4 (5750-5752), Jerusalem,
1992, pp. 5-6 (in Hebrew)
36) "Washing the
Hands before Kiddush", ibid., pp. 9-10 (in Hebrew)
37) "Riding to the
Synagogue on Shabbat", ibid. pp. 17-30 (in Hebrew)
38) "Reading the Megillah
Early in Time of Emergency", ibid., pp. 31-33 (in Hebrew)
38a) "Reading the
Megillah Early in Time of War", Tzei Ulemad Vol. 1, no. 4
(Adar 5751), 2 pp. (in Hebrew; an earlier version of no. 38)
39) "Smoking in
Jewish Law", Responsa, ibid., 37-52 (in Hebrew)
39a) "Responsa: Is
Smoking Prohibited by Jewish Law?", Moment Vol. 16, no.5
(October 1991), pp. 14-15 (an abbreviated translation of no. 39)
39b) "Jewish
Tradition on Smoking", Judaism and Smoking, The United
Synagogue/The Rabbinical Assembly, New York, November 1996 (a reprint
of no. 39a without the footnotes)
40) "The Custom of
Discarding the Shoes of the Deceased", Responsa, ibid.,
pp. 73-77 (in Hebrew)
41) "The Active
Participation of Women in the Marriage Ceremony", ibid., pp.
91-103 (in Hebrew)
42) "Women as
Halakhic Authorities (Poskot)", ibid., pp. 107- 117 (in
Hebrew)
43) "English
Abstracts of the Responsa", ibid., pp. v-xxxvi
44) "Responsa:
Should Terminally Ill Patients be Told the Truth about their
Condition?", Moment, Vol. 17, no. 5 (October 1992), pp.
22-23
*44a) "Should
Terminally Ill Patients be Told the Truth about their
Condition?", Eit La'asot, Vol. 4 (Winter 1996), pp. 43-49
(in Hebrew)
45) "The Path
Between Tradition and Change", The Jerusalem Post, October
30, 1992, p. 7A
46) "Responsa: Is
it Permissible for Jews to Purchase and Eat Veal?", Moment,
Vol. 18, no. 1 (February 1993), pp. 26-27, 86
47) "Halakhah for
Our Time: a Study Guide", United Synagogue Youth (a study guide
for Book no. 3 above)
48) "In Memory of
Rabbi Tuvia Friedman" Messer, (the quarterly of the
Masorti Movement), Spring 1993, pp. 6-7 (in Hebrew and English)
49) "Why do Jews
Sway when They Pray and Study Torah?", Moment, Vol. 18,
no. 4 (August 1993) pp. 18, 70
49a)"Why do Jews
Sway when They Pray and Study Torah?", Update of the
Seminary of Judaic Studies, Fall/Winter 1994-95, p. 5 (a reprint of
no. 49 without the footnotes)
50) "Is it
Permissible to Give Back Part of Eretz Yisrael for the Sake of
Peace?", Moment, Vol. 18, no. 6 (December 1993), pp. 34,
89
50a) "Is it
Permissible to Give Back Part of Eretz Yisrael for the Sake of
Peace?", Siah Meisharim, No. 25 (Shevat 5755), pp. 20-22
(a Hebrew translation of no. 50)
51) "Is Genetic
Engineering Permissible According to Jewish Law?", Moment,
Vol. 19, no. 4 (August 1994), pp. 28-29, 67
*52) "Levi Ginzberg
as a Halakhic Authority: a Preliminary Survey of his Responsa", Eleventh
World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division C, Volume I, Jerusalem,
1994, pp. 251-258
53)
"Introduction", Responsa of the Law Committee of the
Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, Vol. 5 (5752-5754), The Masorti
Movement, Jerusalem, 1994 (in Hebrew), pp. 7-9
54) "May the
Seminary of Judaic Studies Ordain Women as Rabbis?",
ibid., pp. 37-69
55) "Is there One
Correct Way of Abbreviating the Loud Repetition of the Amidah?",
ibid., pp. 87-94
56) "How Should
Adopted Jewish Children be Called to the Torah?", ibid., pp.
95-100
57) "A Responsum
Regarding the Blessing Baruch Sheptarani", ibid., pp.
101-108
58) "A Responsum
Regarding Erev Pesach which Occurs on Shabbat",
ibid., pp. 109-116
59) "Is it a Mitzvah
to Fill Out an Organ Donor Card?", ibid., pp. 119-124
60) "What are the
Halakhic Requirements Regarding Tohorah?, ibid., pp. 125-136
61) "A Responsum
Regarding Sheva Berakhot", ibid., pp. 183-185
62) "A Subject
Index of the Responsa of the Va'ad Halakhah, Vols. 1-5", ibid.,
189-195
63) English Summaries,
ibid., pp. ix-lii
*64) "Moses and
Herzl", Conservative Judaism, Vol. XLVII, No. 1 (Fall
1994), pp. 39-49
64a) "Moses and
Herzl", in Noam Zion and David Dishon, eds., A Leader's Guide
to A Different Night: The Family Participation Haggadah, The
Shalom Hartman Institute, 1997, pp. 90-95 (a reprint of no. 64 without
the footnotes)
64b) "Moses and
Herzl", in Robert Golub, ed., Celebrating the Zionist Dream,
Mercaz, New York, 1997 (a reprint of no. 64)
65) "The Brenda
Kaufman-Berman Fund", The Rabbinical Assembly Newsletter,
January 1995, p. 7
66) "Is it a Mitzvah
to Immigrate to Israel?", Moment, Vol. 20, No. 1 (February
1995), pp. 28-29
67) "A Conversation
with Shalom Freedman" (an interview), in: Shalom Freedman, In
the Service of God: Conversations with Teachers of Torah in Jerusalem,
Northvale, New Jersey, 1995, pp. 61-73
68) "A Halakhic
Response to the Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin", Moment,
Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 1996), pp. 24-25
68a) "A Halakhic
Response to the Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin" Responsa
of the Va'ad Halakhah of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, Vol. 6
(5755-5758), Jerusalem, 1998, pp. 313-317 (a Hebrew translation of no.
68)
69)
"Questions About Halakhah for Rabbis Golinkin and
Turner" (an interview), Dikhtiv, Sivan 5756, pp. 40-48
*70) "A Responsum
Regarding the Right to Privacy", Conservative Judaism,
Vol. XLVIII, No. 3 (Spring 1996), pp. 10-13
*71) "The Movement
for Equal Rights for Women in Judaism as Reflected in the Writings of
Rabbi David Aronson", American Jewish Archives, Vol. 47,
No. 2 (Fall-Winter 1995), pp. 243-260
*72) "Jerusalem in
Jewish Law and Custom: A Preliminary Typology", in Lee Levine, ed.,
Jerusalem: its Centrality to Judaism, Christianity and Islam,
Continuum Press, New York, 1999, pp. 408-423
*72a) "Jerusalem in
Jewish Law and Custom: A Preliminary Typology", JUDAISM,
Vol. 46, No. 2 (Spring 1997), pp. 169- 179 (an abbreviated version of
no. 72)
*73) "The Influence
of Seminary Professors on Halakhah in the Conservative
Movement: 1902-1968" in: Jack Wertheimer, ed., Tradition
Renewed: A History of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Vol. 2, New
York, 1997, pp. 443-482
74) "Pluralism and
Tolerance in Judaism: A Bibliography" in: Leonard Fein and
Kenneth Cohen, eds., ãøëé ðåòí:
Judaism and the Jewish State: A Resource Guide, New Israel Fund, [1997], pp. 87-88
*75) "May Women Put
on Tefillin?" Conservative Judaism Vol. 50, No. 1
(Fall 1997), pp. 3-18
*75a) "May Women
Put on Tefillin?", Assufot 11 (5758), pp. 183- 196 (a
revised Hebrew translation of no. 75)
*76) "The Meaning
and Etymology of the Terms 'Vatikin', 'Vatik' and 'Talmid
Vatik' in the Book of Ben Sira and Rabbinic Literature", Sidra
13 (1998), pp. 47-60 (in Hebrew)
77)
"Introduction", Responsa of the Va'ad_Halakhah of
the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, Vol. 6 (5755-5758), Jerusalem,
1998, pp. 9-19 (in Hebrew)
78) "Fasting for a Sefer
Torah which Fell," ibid., pp. 23-32
79) "Women in the Minyan
and as Shlihot Tzibbur," ibid., pp. 59-80
80) "Moving a Sefer
Torah for a One-Time Reading", ibid., pp. 81-90
81) "The Psalm for
the Day on Rosh Hodesh?", ibid., pp.189-195
82) "Roommates Who
do not Observe the Dietary Laws of Pesah", ibid., pp.
196-198
83) "Giving Kashrut
Supervision to Restaurants which are Open on Shabbat",
ibid., pp. 231-240
84) "Body
Piercing", ibid., pp. 241-252
85) "Inscribing on
a Gravestone A Name which was Added During an Illness", ibid.,
pp. 273-276
86) "Layered Burial
and Burial in Mausolea" ibid., pp. 277-286
87) "The Burial of
Non-Jews in a Jewish Cemetery", ibid., pp. 287-299
88) "Remarrying a
First Husband After a Forced Marriage", ibid., pp. 303-309
89) "Introduction
to a Symposium about the Va'ad Halakhah", ibid., pp.
326-331
90) "Professor
Ze'ev Falk - in Memoriam 1923-1998, Nashim 2 (Spring 1999), pp.
214-217
90a) “Professor
Ze’ev Falk – in Memoriam 1923-1998”, in: Ze’ev Falk, Torah
V’hagut, The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies,
Jerusalem, 2000 (a Hebrew version of no. 90)
91) "From Opera
House to Scotch Tape: The Responsa of Professor Louis Ginzberg", Women's
League Outlook 70/1 (Fall 1999), pp. 11-12
*92)"Aliyot
for Women: A Reaction", Tarbitz 68 (5759), pp. 429-433 (in
Hebrew)
93) "The Committee
on Jewish Law and Standards at Seventy", Proceedings of the
Rabbinical Assembly 60 (1998), pp. 75-86 (in Hebrew)
94) “Halakhah for Our
Time”, De’ot 7 (April 2000), pp. 36-38 (in Hebrew)
95) “The Masorti
Movement Worries about Klal Yisrael”, De’ot 8 (July
2000), p. 37 (in Hebrew)
Articles in Press:
*96) "A
Bibliography of the Writings of Professor Boaz Cohen", The
Jewish Law Annual, 2000
*97) "A Halakhic
Approach to the Information Superhighway", Proceedings of the
1995 Whizin International Symposium on Technology and Ethics, The
University of Judaism and the Technion, 1999
*98)
"Jerusalem in Jewish Law and Custom: A Preliminary
Typology", (an expanded Hebrew version of part 3 of no. 72;
forthcoming in Sidra 15)
*99) "Eight
Approaches to the Status of Women in Jewish Law in the Twentieth
Century" (forthcoming in Mada’ey Hayahadut 40, 5761 (in
Hebrew)
99a) "Eight
Approaches to the Status of Women in Jewish Law in the Twentieth
Century", forthcoming in Religionen in Israel (in German)
99b) "Nine
Approaches to the Status of Women in Jewish Law in the Twentieth
Century" (an expanded English version of no. 99)
100) "Conflicting
Approaches to Conversion in the United States in the Twentieth
Century"
*100a)"Conflicting
Approaches to Conversion in the United States in the Twentieth
Century" (a Hebrew version of no. 100; forthcoming in The
Prof. Z'ev Falk Memorial Volume)
*101) "The Use of
the Matronymic in Invoking God's Healing for the Sick", These
are the Names, Bar Ilan University, Volume 3 (2000)
102) "Halakhic
Solutions to the Agunah Problem" (in a booklet of the
International Jewish Women's Human Rights Watch, Jerusalem Center for
Public Affairs, 1999)
103) "Solutions of
the Conservative Movement to the Problem of Agunot in the Twentieth
Century", in Marriage Liberty and Equality: Shall the Three
Walk Together?, The Heller Center for the Study of Women in
Judaism, Bar Ilan University, 2000
*104) "Four New
Responsa by Professor Louis Ginzberg", (forthcoming in Conservative
Judaism)
105) "Should One
Recite the Mourners' Kaddish When No Mourners are Present in
the Synagogue?"
106) "A Responsum
Concerning Ma'asar Kesafim"
107) "Is it
Permissible to Study Biblical Criticism?"
*108) "Hannukah
Exotica: on the Origin and Development of Some Hannukah Customs"
(forthcoming in Conservative Judaism)
108a) "Hannukah
Exotica: on the Origin and Development of Some Hannukah Customs"
in The Hannukah Seder by Noam Zion and Barbara Spectre, The
Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, 2000 (an abbreviated version of
No. 108)
109) “A Responsum
Regarding Cloning in Jewish Law”
110) “A Responsum
Regarding a Bar Mitzvah for an Uncircumcised Child”
111) “A Vision for the
Schechter Institute for the Next Decade”, Proceedings of the
Rabbinical Assembly 62 (2000) (in Hebrew)
112) “The Masorti
Approach to Pesikah”, Kehilaton, September 2000
Articles in
Preparation:
1) "The Dargesh:
a Study in Talmudic Realia"
2) "Birkat
Betulim: its Origins, Versions and Eventual Suppression"
3) "The 'Viduy'
on Yom Kippur in the Talmudic Period"
Sermons:
(All sermons are in
Hebrew and English unless otherwise indicated.)
1) "Toledot", Ikka
d'Amrei: A Student Journal of the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America, Vol.II, No. 2 (April 1980), pp. 56-60 (in Hebrew)
2) "A Pre-Pesach
Sermon", The Rabbinical Assembly Homiletics Service,
April, 1986, pp. 5-6 (in English)
3) "Vayigash",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5751
4) "Vayikra", Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5753
4a) "Vayikra" Learn
Torah With, Los Angeles, Ca., 5759 (in English)
5) "Sukkot", Iyyunei
Shabbat, Sukkot 5754
6) "Vayigash",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5755
7) "Hukkat", Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5755
8) "Vayelekh",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5756
9) "Vayeshev-Hanukkah",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5756
10) "Tezaveh-Purim",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5756
11) "Bemidbar",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5756
12) "After the
Spies", "The People and the Book" for Parashat Shelah, The
Jerusalem Report, Vol. VII, No. 3 (June 13, 1996), p. 51 (in
English)
13) "Ekev", Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5756
14) "Mishpatim",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5757
15) "Tazria", Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5757
16) "Naso", Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5757
17) "Balak", Learn
Torah With, Los Angeles, Ca., 5757 (in English)
17a)
"Balak", Iyyunei Shabbat, 5757 (an abbreviated
version of no. 17)
18) "Vayishlah",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5758
19) "Tezaveh-Zakhor",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5758
20) "Bemidbar-Shavuot",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5758
21) "Hukkat", Learn
Torah With, Los Angeles, Ca., 5758 (in English)
22) "Ekev", Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5758
23) "Bereishit",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5759
24) "Shmot", Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5759
25) "Tzav-Shabbat
Hagadol", Iyyune
i Shabbat,
5759
26) "Korah", Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5759
27) "Vayeshev",
A Book of Sermons, Yediot Aharonot, 1999
28) "Ki Tavo",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5759
29) "Rosh
Hashanah", Leadership Link, Rosh Hashanah, 5760
30) "Haye
Sara", Iyyunei Shabbat, 5760
31)
“Bo”, Iyyunei Shabbat 5760
32) "Yitro", Rabbinical
Assembly Homiletics Service, 5760
33) "Vayikra”, Iyyunei
Shabbat, 5760
34) "B’hukotay",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5760
35) “B’ha’alotkha”,
Learn Torah With, Los Angeles, Ca., 5760 (in English)
36) "Va’ethanan",
Iyyunei Shabbat, 5760