Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism: Text, Theory, and Practice

In the race to discover real solutions for the conflicts that plague contemporary society, it is essential that we look to precedent. Many of today's conflicts involve ethno-religious tensions that modern wisdom alone is ill-equipped to resolve. In Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism, Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth asks us to consider ancient religious and traditional cultural solutions to such present-day issues.

Roth presents thirty-six case studies featuring third-party peacemakers drawn from Jewis...