CONTRIBUTORS

Judith Z. Abrams- Rabbi of Congregation Beth El, Missouri City, Texas . She has written several books on the Talmud .

Steven A. Abrams- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston , Texas- Research Faculty at the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center. Member of the Newborn Section of the Department of Pediatrics.

Israel Bettan-(1889-1957) Professor of Midrash and Homiletics at the Hebrew Union College , Cincinnati , Ohio ; President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Chair of the Responsa Committee. Author of Studies in Jewish Preaching in the Middle Ages(1939), The Five Scrolls(1950).

David Ellenson- I. H. and Anna Grancell Professor of Jewish Religious Thought at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion , Los Angeles , California . His most recent book is Between Tradition and Culture: The Dialectics of Modern Jewish Religion and Identity(1994).

Solomon B. Freehof -(1893-1990) Rabbi of the Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ; 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 7oday's Reform Responsa(1990), as well as Reform Jewish Practice(1947, 1952), The Responsa Literature(1955), A Treasury of Responsa(1963) and many other books.

Alexander Guttmann-(1904-1993) Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion , Cincinnati , Ohio . Author of Rabbinic Judaism in the Making(1970), Studies in Rabbinic Judaism (1976), The Struggle over Reform in Rabbinic Literature ,(1977) and many essays.

Walter Jacob- Rabbi of Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ; President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Chair

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