Books by Elliot N. Dorff

The incredible medical breakthroughs, like genetic engineering, in-vitro fertilizations, and cloning have transformed long-held beliefs on the nature of both life and death, raising difficult moral and religious questions. This title addresses this unavoidable confluence of medical technology and Jewish law and ethics.

A leading ethicist suggests ways to take the moral high road in one's personal life. In this topically relevant book on modern ethical issues, Dorff focuses on personal ethics, Judaism's distinctive way of understanding human nature, our role in life, and what we should strive to be, both as individuals and as members of a community.

Focuses on the social aspects of the Jewish tradition, while tackling such timely topics as poverty, war, intrafaith and interfaith relations, and forgiveness. In addition, Rabbi Dorff discusses Jewish social ethics as they both relate to and contrast with Christian and American belief systems in modern society.