Contributors

Peter J. Haas- PhD from Brown University in Judaism in Late Antiquity with a specialty in Ethics. He teaches at Vanderbilt University in Nashville . He has published a number of books and articles in Jewish law, responsa and Jewish ethics.

Walter Jacob- Rabbi of the Rodel Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Chairman, Responsa Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. The author or editor of twelve books and more than seven hundred published articles and sermons.

Eugene J. Lipman- President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Sinai, Washington, D. C. The author

and editor of four books as well as studies and essays.

David Novak- Rabbi of Congregation Darchay Noam in Far Rockaway, New York and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Baruch College of the City University of New York . He is the author of a number of studies in Jewish Law, ethics and theology.

Jakob J. Petuchowski - The Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judaeo-Christian Studies and Research Professor of Jewish Theology and Liturgy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati , the author or editor of over thirty books and more than six hundred published articles.