Acknowledgments Part 1. Shaping Jewish Life in an Open Society 1. A Response by Modern Orthodoxy to Jewish Religious Pluralism: The Case of Esriel Hildesheimer 2. German Orthodox Rabbinical Writings on the Jewish Textual Education of Women: The Views of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer 3. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch to Liepman Phillip Prins of Amsterdam: An 1873 Responsum on Education 4. An Ideology for the Liberal Jewish Day School: A Philosophical-Sociological Investigation 5. Denominationalism: History and Hopes 6. The Integrity of Reform within Kelal Yisra-el Part 2.
Searching for a Balanced Theology 7. A Theology of Fear: The Search for a Liberal Jewish Paradigm 8. Eugene B. Borowitz: A Tribute on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday 9. Laws and Judgments as a "Bridge to a Better World": Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) 10. Heschel and the Roots of Kavanah: Responsibility and Kavanah in Postwar America 11. Rabbi Hayim David Halevi on Christians and Christianity: An Analysis of Selected Legal Writings of an Israeli Authority 12. Interreligious Learning and the Formation of Jewish Religious Identity Part 3.
Visions for Israel 13. A Zionist Reading of Abraham Geiger and His Biblical Scholarship 14. National Sovereignty, Jewish Identity, and the "Sake of Heaven": The Impact of Residence in Israel on Halakhic Rulings on Conversion 15. The Talmudic Principle, "If One Comes Forth to Slay You, Forestall by Slaying Him," in Israeli Public Policy: A Responsum by Rabbi Hayim David Halevi 16. The Rock from Which They Were Cleft: A Review-Essay of Haim Amsalem's Zera Yisrael and Mekor Yisrael 17. Moshe Zemer's Halakhah Shefuyah: An Israeli Vision of Reform and Halakhah 18. Reform Zionism Today: A Consideration of First Principles Part 4. Rabbis and the Rabbinate: Lezakot et Harabim 19.
Wissenschaft des Judentums, Historical Consciousness, and Jewish Faith: The Diverse Paths of Frankel, Auerbach, and Halevy 20. "Creative Misreadings" in Representative Post-Emancipation Halakhic Writings on Conversion and Intermarriage 21. A Portrait of the Poseq as Modern Religious Leader: An Analysis of Selected Writings of Rabbi Hayim David Halevi 22. Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits on Conversion: An Inclusive Orthodox Approach 23. Transformation of the Rabbinate: Future Directions and Prospects Source Acknowledgments Bibliography of the Published Writings of David Ellenson.