The relationship of Orthodox Jews with believing Jews of other religious ideologies and non-believing Jews / edited by Adam Mintz.

Papers presented at the Orthodox Forum 21st conference, held March 22-23, 2009 at Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Adam Mintz -- The relationship of Orthodox Jews with believing Jews of other religious ideologies and non-believing Jews: the American situation in historical perspective / Jonathan D. Sarna -- Encountering the other: birthright Israel, Jewish peoplehood and the opportunities and dangers of religious journeys / Sylvia Barack Fishman -- Orthodox educators in non-orthodox Jewish educational settings / Jack Bieler -- Beyond outreach: the Abraham Joshua Heschel school: a case study in inter-denominational collaboration / Ahuva Halberstam -- The American model: internal orthodox debate with a focus on birthright and other similar programs / Mark Dratch -- The orthodox professional in non-orthodox communal agencies / Marc D. Stern -- Beyond the Pale? reflections regarding contemporary relations with non-Orthodox Jews / Aharon Lichtenstein -- The halachic status of the secular Jew: a question of public, not personal, halacha / Yuval Cherlow -- Halakhic views toward different Jews / Yona Reiss -- What a difference place makes: reflections on religious-secular divides in Israel and in America / Jeffrey Saks -- Relationships between religiously observant and other troops in the IDF: vision versus reality / Stuart A. Cohen -- It's a small, small world: secular Zionism through the eyes of a religious-Zionist parashat hashavua pamphlet / Yoel Finkelman -- Lessons religious Zionism can learn from modern orthodoxy in America: civil marriage in Israel / Marshall breger.