Judaism and human rights.
By: Edited by Milton R. Konvitz.
Series: The B'nai B'rith Jewish heritage classics
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Civil rights (Jewish law) -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Judaism -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: Bibliography: p. 307.
Table of contents: title: Born free and equal: Man's dignity in God's world, by M. R. Konvitz. Judaism and equality, by E. Rackman. A common humanity under one God, by W. A. Irwin. Many are called and many are chosen, by M. R. Konvitz.; title: The rule of law: The Bible and the rule of law, by Lord Acton. Kingship under the judgment of God, by H. Frankfort. The rule of a higher law, by W. A. Irwin.; title: The democratic ideal: Judaism and the democratic ideal, by M. R. Konvitz. Foundations of democracy in the Scriptures and Talmud, by L. R. Finkelstein. Democratic aspirations in Talmudic Judaism, by B. Z. Bokser.; title: Freedom of conscience: Conscience and civil disobedience, by M. R. Konvitz. Freedom of religion; title: absolute and inalienable, by M. Mendelssohn. The right of dissent and intellectual liberty, by R. Gordis.; title: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: The good life, by M. R. Konvitz. The right of privacy, by N. Lamm. There shall be no poor, by R. G. Hirsch.; title: The earth is the Lord's: Man as temporary tenant, by S. Belkin. Do not destroy! By S. R. Hirsch. Ecology and the Jewish Tradition, by E. G. Freudenstein.; title: Pursuit of peace: The vision of Micah, by R. Gordis.