Environment in Jewish Law

by Jacob, Walter; Zemer, Moshe

• ISBN13: 9781571814319
• ISBN10: 1571814310
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

Following the defeat of the Greek Army in 1922 by nationalist Turkish forces, the 1923 Lausanne Convention specified the first internationally ratified compulsory population exchange. It proved to be a watershed in the eastern Mediterranean, having far-reaching ramifications both for the new Turkish Republic, and for Greece which hadto absorb over a million refugees. Known as the Asia Minor Catastrophe by the Greeks, it marked the establishment of the independent nation state for the Turks. The consequences of this event have received surprisingly little attention despite the considerable relevance for the contemporary situation in the Balkans. This volume addresses the challenge of writing history from both sides of the Aegean and provides, for the first time, a forum for multidisciplinary dialogue across national boundaries. Renée Hirschonwas educated at the universities of Cape Town, Chicago and Oxford. Intensive fieldwork among the Asia Minor refugees settled in Piraeus resulted in the monograph "Heirs of the Greek Catastrophe". She has been Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, and Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of the Aegean. She is currently Research Associate of the Refugee Studies Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, Senior Research Fellow and College Lecturer, St Peter's College, University of Oxford and Senior Member at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford.

Author Biography

Philip J. Bentley is rabbi of Temple Sholom in Floral Park, New York Lynn Bry is M.D./Ph.D. student in molecular microbiology in Israel Solomon B. Freehof (1893-1990), served as rabbi of the Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Walter Jacob is Senior Scholar of Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Rachel S. Mikva is rabbi of the Community Synagogue in Rye, New York John Rayner is Lecturer in Liturgy and Codes at the Leo Baeck College, London and rabbi emeritus of the Liberal Synagogue in London Moshe Zemer is Director of the Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah. He is a founder of the Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel and founding rabbi of the Kedem Synagogue-Bet Daniel, Tel Aviv

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	ix
Eco-Judaism - Does it Exist?
Walter Jacob	1	(23)
Ecology as a Mitzvah
Moske Zemer	24	(10)
When Values Collide: Economics, Health and the Environment
Rachel 5. Mikva	34	(11)
Urban Planning in Jewish Environmental Law
Philip J. Bentley	45	(11)
Judaism and Animal Welfare
John D. Rayner	56	(17)
Selected Responsa	73	(2)
The Environment and Property Rights	75	(2)
Asbestos Versus Refugees	77	(3)
Early Zionism, the Biblical Landscape and Ecology	80	(3)
Torah Ark and Ecology	83	(7)
Recycling Sacred Books and the Genizah	90	(7)
Shredding Religious Services to Protect God's Name	97	(2)
The Use of Tobacco	99	(5)
Responsibility Toward Pets	104	(3)
Jewish Involvement in Genetic Engineering	107	(5)
Contributors	112