This book addresses Judaism and Orthodox Christianity, and particularly their points of similarity and difference, congruence and conflict. The city of Jerusalem stands at the heart of both these age-old faiths, but today it is a divided city in which Jews and Orthodox Christians seem to find themselves on opposite sides of history. Must this story be one of continuing conflict, or is there scope for reconciliation and common effort? How do religions that cherish tradition face up to the c...

Traces the development of bal tashḥit**, the Jewish prohibition against wastefulness and destruction, from its biblical origins to the contemporary environmental movement.**Winner of the 2020 Canadian Jewish Literary Award in the category of Jewish Thought and CultureBal tashḥit, the Jewish prohibition against wastefulness and destruction, is considered to be an ecological ethical principle by contemporary...