Commandment and Community

Includes contemporary Jewish political practice, and both systematic and historical treatments of issues in Jewish political theory and legal thought. This book is divided into two parts, "Judaism and Political Praxis" and "Halakha and the Political Order." The first part is concerned with issues at the interface of Jewish political theory and practice: a Jewish philosophy of justice, the formulation of a practical philosophy based on traditional Jewish sources, and the need for greater politica