Moshe Zemer
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Moshe Zemer (born Melvin Ray Zager, January 1, 1932-November 3, 2011) was a Reform Rabbi in Israel between 1963-2011. He was the co-founder of Jewish Reform institutions in
Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem
.
Biography
Zemer was born in
Hebrew Union College (HUC) – Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he also received a doctorate in Jewish Studies. Following his ordination, he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1960 and 1961. Following his studies, Zemer became Rabbi of Temple Emanuel of Baltimore, in Baltimore, Maryland
, where he served as Rabbi until 1963.
In 1963 Zemer made
Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism Board, on the Board of CCCR (Central Conference of American Rabbis), and MARAM - (the Council of Progressive Rabbis in Israel). He also served as a senior lecturer of Halachic studies at the HUC in Jerusalem. In 1993 Zemer wrote the book "Sane Judaism," in which he laid out his vision of progressive Jewish law (Halachah), which gives current answers to the needs of individuals and society in modern times. In 2004 Zemer was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the Hebrew Union College (HUC) in Jerusalem
.
The Moshe Zemer award was established by MARAM, and is awarded to a rabbi or rabbinical student who has researched and developed questions and answers on a current event in Israel.
Zemer died on November 3, 2011, and was buried in Kibbutz Kiryat Anavim.
Bibliography
- Walter Jacob and Moshe Zemer. The environment in Jewish law : essays and responsa. Studies in progressive halakhah. New York: Berghahn Books, 2003. ISBN 1-57181-431-0.
- Re-examining progressive Halakhah. Studies in progressive halakhah. New York: Berghahn Books, 2002. ISBN 1-57181-404-3.
- ISBN 1-57181-239-3.
- Crime and punishment in Jewish law : essays and responsa. Studies in progressive halakhah. [v. 6], New York: Berghahn Books, 1999. ISBN 1-57181-197-4.
- Walter Jacob, Moshe Zemer and ISBN 978-0-929699-10-3.
- Aging and the aged in Jewish law : essays and responsa. Studies in progressive halakhah. 7, Pittsburgh: Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah ; Rodef Shalom Press, 1998. ISBN 0-929699-08-4.
- Israel and the Diaspora in Jewish law : essays and responsa. Studies in progressive halakhah. 6, Pittsburgh: Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah, Rodef Shalom Press, 1997. ISBN 0-929699-09-2.
- Death and euthanasia in Jewish law : essays and responsa. Studies in progressive halakhah v. 4. Pittsburgh: Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah : Rodef Shalom Press, 1995. ISBN 0-929699-06-8(pbk.).
- The fetus and fertility : essays and responsa. Studies in progressive halakhah. 5, Pittsburgh: Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah : Rodef Shalom Press, 1995. ISBN 0-929699-07-6.
- ISBN 0-929699-05-X.
- Progressive halakhah : essence and application. Studies in progressive halakhah. 1, Tel Aviv; Pittsburgh: Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah; Rodef Shalom Press, 1991. ISBN 0-929699-03-3.
- Walter Jacob, Moshe Zemer, Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah and Central Conference of American Rabbis. Rabbinic-lay relations in Jewish law. Studies in progressive halakhah. 2, Tel Aviv; Pittsburgh: Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah; Rodef Shalom Press, 1993. ISBN 0-929699-04-1.
- Moshe Zemer. Evolving halakhah : a progressive approach to traditional Jewish law. Woodstock, Vt.: Jewish Lights Pub., 1999. ISBN 1-58023-002-4.
- Review by Peter Haas in Shofar.[1]
- Jüdisches Religionsgesetz heute : progressive Halacha. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1999. ISBN 3-7887-1737-8.
- Moshe Zemer and Haim Hermann Cohn. Halakhah shefuyah. Tel Aviv: Devir, 1993.
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