CONTRIBUTORS
Israel Bettan-(1889-1957), Professor of Midrash and Homiletics at the Hebrew Union College , Cincinnati, President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Chair of its Responsa Commitee. Author of Studies in Jewish Preaching in the Middle Ages(1939), The Five Scrolls(1950).
William Cutter- Professor of Education and Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles . He writes in hermeneutics and literary theory. He is Instructor in Chaplaincy and has developed professional education and pastoral programs.
Solomon B. Freehof -(1893-1990), Rabbi of the Rodef Shalom Congregation, President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the World Union for Progressive Judaism , Chair of the Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Author of eight volumes of responsa including Today’s Reform Responsa(1990), as well as Reform Jewish Practice(1947, 1952), The Responsa Literature (1955), A Treasury of Responsa(1963).
Walter Jacob- Rabbi of the Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh , Immediate past President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Chair of its Responsa Committee. President of the Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah. Author and editor of sixteen books including American Reform Responsa(1983), Contemporary American Reform Responsa(1987), Liberal Judaism and Halakhah(1988), Questions and Reform Jewish Answers- New Reform Responsa(1991).