Table of Contents
A Word About Your Student Reader
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Concentric Circles
1. Equity and Justice: Moral Awareness within Judaism
2. The Significance of Human Life
3. The Imitation of God
4. Personal Virtues
5. For You, or For Me
6. Jewish Approaches to Making Ethical Decisions
7. Power of the Spoken Word
8. Donating Organs During One's Life
9. Donating Organs after Death
10. Suicide
11. Honoring Aging Parents
12. Sexual Desire and the Institution of Marriage
13. Ethics in Marriage
14. Ethics in Divorce
15. Homosexuality
16. Fertility Management
17. Abortion
18. Gender-Related Ethics
19. Euthanasia and End-of-Life Decisions
20. Individual or Community: All For One, or One For All
21. Taking a Trip to Israel
22. Gemilut Chasadim
23. Ransoming Captives
24. Tzedakah Priorities
25. Making an Honest Living
26. Jews and Gentiles
27. Environmental Ethics
28. Animal Experimentation
29. Stem Cell Research
30. A Code of Jewish Living
Supplemental Materials
The Library of Jewish Textual Heritage
Timelines - Ancient, Medieval, Modern Periods
Reference Materials
Glossary of Key Terms and Key Names
Major Milestones of Jewish Literary History
Guide to Classical Jewish Texts
Style and Transliteration Guide