Contending with catastrophe
Subtitle: Jewish perspectives on September 11th
By: Michael J. Broyde, ed
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: K'hal Pub. in cooperation with Beth Din of America
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781602040182
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Judaism; Agunahs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

English (chiefly) and Hebrew.
Table of contents: title: Understanding why there is still a classical Agunah problem  -- Michael J. Broyde; title: The resolution of the World Trade Center Agunot cases by the Beth Din of America : a personal retrospective  -- Yona Reiss; title: The Halakhic background to handling the World Trade Center Agunot  -- Chaim Jachter; title: Regarding permitting the Agunot whose husbands perished in the Twin Towers  -- Gedalia Dov Schwartz; title: Regarding the Agunot from the Twin Towers tragedy : an exchange  -- Mordechai Willig, -- Zalman Nechemia Goldberg; title: Responsum concerning the terror attacks on the World Trade Center : the case of J.L. and his wife  -- Ovadiah Yosef; title: 9/11 documents from the archives of the Beth Din of America --; title: Sacrificing the few to save the many  -- J. David Bleich; title: Twin reactions to the Twin Towers tragedy  -- Norman Lamm; title: "Is anything new under the sun?" : reflections on the first anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers  -- Aharon Lichtenstein; title: "From the depths I have called to you" : Jewish reflections on September 11 and contemporary terrorism / David Shatz --; title: Prayer for the souls of the departed for the victims of September 11, 2001  -- Avi Shmidman, -- Ben-Tzion Spitz; title: Prayer for the first responders and emergency workers of September 11th, 2001  -- Avi Shmidman, -- Ben-Tzion Spitz; title: Prayer for the safety of the United States Armed Forces -- Milton Moshe Markovitz.