The Jewish Theological Seminary Press is pleased to announce the release of electronic edition of Rabbi Isaac Klein's famous "A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice".
The volume is the most detailed and comprehensive guide to Jewish practice for home and synagogue written in the spirit of the Conservative movement. Compiled as the result of a project conceived in 1960 by Dr, Louis Finkelstein, then Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, the purpose of which was to produce authoritative halakhic studies for the training of Conservative rabbis, the Guide has become a title that found its deserved place in many Jewish homes and synagogue libraries. The many subjects treated in the volume are discussed in the light of traditional Jewish sources (Bible, Talmud, Codes, Responsa, etc.), and are fully referenced for authentication and further study. The topics covered include virtually everything that might be of interest to the modern Jew: the laws of kashrut and how to keep a kosher home; the meaning and significance of the holidays and how to observe them at home and in the synagogue; laws governing such key life events as marriage, divorce, birth, adoption, conversion, death, and many others. In addition, the volume includes full discussions, from the Jewish point of view, of such pressing issues of current concern as euthanasia, organ transplantation, abortion, autopsy, artificial insemination and women's rights. Also included are relevant decisions of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly. Now, released in a digital format, the Guide is available also for institutional libraries - delivered on CD or providing online access using purchasing library IPs or passwords - and can be found at www.jtsapress.org Alexander Gendler Publisher, JTSA Press Electronic Editions
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