Moshe Zemer

Moshe Zemer

Moshe Zemer (* 1932 in den USA) ist ein führender Rabbiner des Reformjudentums in Israel. Er lebt in Tel Aviv.

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Zemer studierte an den Standorten des Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Jerusalem und Los Angeles ud erwarb einen Doktorgrad. 1963 wanderte er nach Israel ein, wurde Rabbiner der Kehillat Sharon in Kfar Shemaryahu, gründete 1964 in Tel Aviv die Ramat Gan Progressive Congregation und 1966 schließlich die Tel Aviv Progressive Congregation.

Er gilt als einer der Begründer der Israelischen Bewegung für Progressives Judentum. Rabbiner Zemer war Präsident der Konferenz progressiver Rabbiner in Israel, Mitglied des geschäftsführenden Vorstandes der Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism und Mitglied des geschäftsführendes Vorstandes der Central Conference of American Rabbis.

Sein persönlicher Schwerpunkt ist die Entfaltung eines progressiven Zugangs zum jüdischen Religionsgesetz, der Halacha. Dazu veröffentlichte er zahlreiche Bücher und Aufsätze. Zu den wichtigsten gehören die, die er als Co-Editor mit dem amerikanischen Rabbiner Walter Jacob in der Serie Studies in Progressive Halakhah publiziert hat.

1990 gründete er das Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah.

Werke

  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: Conversion to Judaism in Jewish Law. Rodef Shalom Press Pittsburgh PA 1994, ISBN 0-929699-05-X.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: Death and Euthanasia in Jewish Law. Rodef Shalom Press Pittsburgh PA 1995, ISBN 0-929699-06-8.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: The Fetus and Fertility in Jewish Law. Rodef Shalom Press Pittsburgh PA 1995, ISBN 0-929699-07-6.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: Israel and the Diaspora in Jewish Law. Rodef Shalom Press Pittsburgh PA 1997, ISBN 0-929699-09-2.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: Aging and the Aged in Jewish Law. Rodef Shalom Press Pittsburgh PA 1998, ISBN 0-929699-08-4.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: Crime and Punishment in Jewish Law. Berghahn Books New York - Oxford 1999, ISBN 1-57181-197-4.
  • Zemer, Moshe: Jüdisches Religionsgesetz heute - Progressive Halacha. (mit einer Einleitung von Walter Homolka). Neukirchener Verlag Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999, ISBN 3-7887-1737-8.
  • Jacob, Walter / Zemer, Moshe: Re-Examining Progressive Halakhah. Berghahn Books New York - Oxford 2002, ISBN 1-57181-404-3.
  • Zemer, Moshe: Evolving Halakhah - A Progressive Approach to Traditional Jewish Law. Jewish Lights Publishing Woodstock VT 2003, ISBN 1-58023-002-4.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: The Environment in Jewish Law. Berghahn Books New York - Oxford 2003, ISBN 1-57181-431-0.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: Sexual Issues in Jewish Law. Rodef Shalom Press Pittsburgh PA 2006, ISBN 0-929699-17-3.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: Poverty and Tzedakah in Jewish Law. Rodef Shalom Press Pittsburgh PA 2006, ISBN 0-929699-18-1.
  • Jacob, Walter/Zemer, Moshe: Napoleon's Influence on Jewish Law - The Sanhedrin of 1807 and Its Modern Consequences. Rodef Shalom Press Pittsburgh PA 2007, ISBN 0-929699-19-X.

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