Elliot N. Dorff¿is rector and Sol and Anne Dorff Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy at the American Jewish University and visiting professor at¿UCLA School of Law.¿He was an editor of¿the official Conservative statement of principles¿Emet Ve-Emunah¿and¿coeditor of the Conservative commentary¿Etz Hayim. He is author of twelve books, four published by JPS, including¿To Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics¿(2002), winner of the National Jewish Book Award. ¿