134, Moshe Rosman ,“Writing Jewish History in the Postmodern Climate,” in his How Jewish Is Jewish History?(Oxford: Littman Library, 2007), p. 14.
135. As Nachmanides famously observed in his Introduction to Sefer Milchamot Hashem, which appears at the beginning of most folio editions of the Babylonian Talmud , the truths of“Talmudic science,” unlike those of mathematics or astronomy, are not subject to demonstrative proof. As the products of persuasive argument, they partake of the realm of probability and reasonability rather than that of hard fact.
136. For the CCAR Responsa Committee, see Teshuvot for the Nineties(note 107, above), no. 5750.4, pp. 187-190(on the prohibition of lashon hara even within the context of marital communication) and Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century, Volume I, no. 5756.2(see note 57, above). See also Walter Jacob , ed., Contemporary American Reform Responsa(New York ” CCAR, 1987), no. 46, pp. 79-80, on the“privacy of a convert.” On the latter topic, see also Reform Responsa Jor the Twenty-First Century, Volume Two(note 57, above), no. 5760.6, pp. 85-92. For the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly , see Dorff and Spitz(note 57, above).
137. Reform Responsa for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1,n0.5756.2(note 57, above).
138. The decision in such cases, of course, will involve the drawing of a difficult and sensitive balance between the degree of danger and the privacy interests of the individual. See, for example, Teshuvot for the Nineties,(note 102, above), no. 3750.1, pp. 103-110, on the question of mandatory testing for the HIV virus.
139. The following are some examples; they do not constitute an exhaustive list. The CCAR, the professional association of Reform rabbis in North America , has gone on record in opposition to government-sponsored invasions of personal Privelcy“in>1975''(http://data.cearnect.org/cgibin/resodisp.pl?file=privacy&year 1975) and 1976(htt://data.ccarnet.org/cgibin/resodisp.pl?file=privacy&year=1 976). The Union for Reform Judaism adopted a resolution on“privacy and surveillance” in 1971 (http://urj.org//about/union/governance/reso//?syspage=article&item id=2213), on “Privacy and national security’ in"31934 (http://urj.org//about/union/governance reso//?syspage=article&item id=2103), and
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