The Jewish family ethics textbook /
The Jewish Family Ethics Textbook guides teachers and students of all ages and backgrounds in mining classical and modern Jewish texts to inform decision making on hard choices.
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| Language: | English |
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Lincoln : Philadelphia :
University of Nebraska Press ; The Jewish Publication Society,
[2021]
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| Series: | JPS essential Judaism series.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use This Book
- Using the Book in a Classroom Setting
- Using the Book without a Teacher
- Introduction
- Theories of Ethical Decision-Making
- How Jews Approach Ethical Problems
- Works and History of Classical Jewish Literature
- Text 1-Deut. 17:8-11
- A Brief Jewish Lexicon
- Text 2-Eiruvin 13b
- Classical Literature as Understood by Modern Jews
- 1. Parents and Children
- Case Study #1: Who Chooses Where to Go to College?
- Case Study #2: Caring for a Parent with Dementia
- Case Study #3: Distancing from an Abusive Parent
- Text Study #1: Children's Twin Obligations to Parents-Honor and Reverence
- Text 1a-Exod. 20:12
- Text 1b-Deut. 5:16
- Text 2-Lev. 19:3
- Text 3-Mekhilta, Massekhta de-BaḤodesh 8
- Text 4a-Kiddushin 30b
- Text 4b-Kiddushin 30b (continued)
- Text 5-Kiddushin 30b-31a
- Text Study #2: The Mitzvot Children Owe to Parents
- Text 6-Kiddushin 31b
- Text 7a-Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 240:2
- Text 7b-Rashi on Lev. 19:3
- Text 7c-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:11
- Text 8a-Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 240:4-5
- Text 8b-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:10
- Text 8c-Golinkin, "Institutionalizing Parents with Alzheimer's Disease"
- Text 9a-Kiddushin 31a-b
- Text 9b-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:7
- Text 9c-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:7 (continued)
- Text 9d-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Rebellion 6:8
- Text 10a-Midrash Tanḥuma Eikev 3
- Text 10b-Kiddushin 31b
- Text 11a-Dorff, Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
- Text 11b-Diamant, Choosing a Jewish Life
- Text Study #3: Parents' Responsibilities to Children
- Text 12a-Kiddushin 29a
- Text 12b-Nevins, "Between Parents and Children"
- Text 13-Kiddushin 29a-b
- Text Study #4: Problems in the Parent-Child Relationship
- Text 14-Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 240:18
- Text 15-Dratch, "Honoring Abusive Parents"
- Text 16a-Jacob, "Responsibility of Children to Their Parents"
- Text 16b-Nevins, "Between Parents and Children"
- Conclusion
- 2. Honesty
- Case Study #1: Cheating on an Exam
- Case Study #2: Potential Plagiarism
- Case Study #3: Withholding Part of the Truth from a Prospective Employer
- Text Study #1: Truth Telling and Its Limits
- Text 1a-Exod. 20:13
- Text 1b-Exod. 23:7
- Text 1c-Lev. 19:11
- Text 1d-Mecklenburg, HaKetav VeHaKabbalah on Exod. 23:7
- Text 2-Ketubot 16b-17a
- Text 3a-Yevamot 65b
- Text 3b-Bava Metzia 23b-24a
- Text 3c-Mishnah Nedarim 3:4
- Text Study #2: Whistleblowing and Rebuke
- Text 4-Tosefta Bava Kama 7:3
- Text 5a-Leff, "Whistleblowing"
- Text 5b-Lev. 19:17
- Text 5c-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Personal Qualities 6:7
- Text 5d-Lev. 19:14
- Text 5e-Sifra Kedoshim 2:14
- Text 6-Shulḥan Arukh, Hoshen Mishpat 388:9
- Text 7-Mishneh Torah, Laws of Robbery and Lost Objects 11:3
- Text Study #3: Crediting Others for Use of Their Intellectual Property
