About the Author

Elliot N. Dorff, a Conservative rabbi, is Rector and Sol and Anne Dorff Distinguished Service Professor in Philosophy at the University of Judaism. He was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University, with a dissertation in moral theory. He has written over 150 articles on Jewish thought, law, and ethics, and eight books, including two JPS volumes - Matters of Life and Death (1998) and To Do the Right and the Good (2002). He is co-editor of Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary.

Reviews

"One of the most admirable characteristics of all of Dorff"s writing is clarity and directness ... This is a wonderful book for the beginner who wants to understand Jewish tradition concerning personal ethics."-Shofar