Contemporary Orthodox Judaism’s Response to Modernity

Contemporary Orthodox Judaism's Response to ModernityRabbi Barry FreundelHardcover EditionIn a clear, concise manner Rabbi Freundel reviews Orthodox Jewish views on 31 basic issues from Abortion, Afterlife, Messianism, Miracles, Prophecy, Drugs, Evolution, Sex, Gentiles and more. He does more than register views, he guides the reader to a deeper understanding of the Jewish approach to basic philosophical and religious issues.Freundel, who counts former presidential candidate Joe Lieberman among his Washington, D.C., congregants, invites readers, Jewish and non-Jewish, to gain a better understanding of Jewish law, tradition and belief in his succinct but thorough analyses of 31 different topics crucial to Orthodox Judaism, such as teshuvah (repentance), Israel, prayer and Shabbat and Kashrut. Each chapter summarizes the central sources upon which the Halakhah (Jewish law) is based in clear, understandable terms and explains the development of the tradition as well as its practical appl