Presents Jewish viewpoints, both ancient and modern, on contemporary issues such as abortion and birth control, the environment, civil disobedience, business ethics, the position of women, divorce, gossip, test-tube babies, getting along better with our children, protecting our bodies, and preserving our health.
Francine Klagsbrun, born Francine Lifton in 1931, is a writer. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brooklyn College, a Bachelor of Hebrew Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a master's degree in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts. She edited The First Ms. Reader (1973) and Free to Be ... You and Me (1974). Some of her books are Too Young to Die—Youth and Suicide (1976), Married People: Staying Together in the Age of Divorce (1985), and Jewish Days: A Book of Jewish Life and Culture Around the Year (1996).