of the Responsa Committee; President of the Frechof Institute of Progressive Halakhah. Author and editor of twenty books including American Reform Responsa(1983), Contemporary American Reform Responsa(1987), Liberal Judaism and Halakhah(1988), Questions and Reform JewishAnswers- New Reform Responsa(1991), The Healing Past: Pharmaceuticals in the Biblical and Rabbinic World(1993).
Jacob Z. Lauterbach-(1873-1942) Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College , Cincinnati , Ohio . Chair of the Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Editor of Mekhilta deRav Ishmael(1933-49). Contributor to the Jewish Encyclopedia .
Daniel Schiff- Rabbi, Temple B'nai Israel , McKeesport, Pennsylvania . Lecturer for the Jewish Education Institute of Pittsburgh . Member of the Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Mark Washofsky- Associate Professor of Rabbinics- Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati Ohio . His publications include studies on the development of halakhic thought in medieval and modern times. Currently Vice Chair of the Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Moshe Zemer -Director of the Frechof Institute of Progressive Halakhah; a founder of the Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel ; Av Bet Din of the Israel Council of Progressive Rabbis. Founding Rabbi of Kedem SynagogueBeit Daniel in Tel Aviv . Author of The Sane Halakhah(1993).
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