ACKNOWLEDGMENT

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

AGAINST POVERTY

From the Torah to Secular Judaism

Walter Jacob

ALLEVIATING POVERTY

A Halakhic View of Social Security within

the Modern Welfare State

Daniel Schiff

OBLIGATIONS VERSUS RIGHTS

A Halakhic Contribution to Constitutional Legal Theory

Ronald A. Brauner

THE WORKING POOR IN THE HALAKHAH

Richard S. Rheins

HAKHNASSAT ORHIM- HOSPITALITY FOR POOR TRAVELERS

Frank Loewenberg

SELECTED REFORM RESPONSA

HISTORICAL BASIS FOR JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES

Walter Jacob

PRIORITIES IN CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION

Walter Jacob

GIFTS TO ORGANIZATIONS INIMICAL TO REFORM JUDAISM

Walter Jacob