MARRIAGE AND ITS OBSTACLES IN JEWISH LAW -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SAMUEL HOLDHEIM ON THE LEGAL CHARACTER OF JEWISH MARRIAGE: A CONTEMPORARY COMMENT ON HIS POSITION -- LOVE AND MARRIAGE: REFORM JUDAISM AND KIDDUSHIN -- THE SLOW ROAD TO MONOGAMY -- SEPARATING THE ADULT FROM ADULTERY -- TRADITIONAL AND PROGRESSIVE REMEDIES FOR IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE -- MARRIAGE WITH SECTARIANS: THE CASE OF THE KARAITES -- SELECTED REFORM RESPONSA -- THE TABLE OF CONSANGUINITY -- ORTHODOX ASPERSIONS AGAINST REFORM MARRIAGES -- JEWISH MARRIAGE WITHOUT CHILDREN -- MARRIAGE AFTER A SEX-CHANGE OPERATION -- MARRIAGE OF A COHEN TO A DIVORCEE -- ADULTERY AND MARRIAGE -- CONCUBINAGE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MARRIAGE -- REFORM JUDAISM AND MIXED MARRIAGE -- THREE GENERATIONS OF MIXED MARRIAGE -- MARRIAGE WITH A "MESSIANIC JEW'' -- CONTRIBUTORS