AIDS: a Jewish perspective.

Societal responses to the very serious problems posed by the scourge of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) reflect, at least in part, the epidemiological association that exists between the rampant spread of that deadly disease and homosexual activity. The fact that AIDS has disproportionately affected members of the homosexual community has certainly had an impact upon how the problems associated with AIDS are viewed in our society. In some sectors, there is a strong tendency to ignore the fact that not all instances of AIDS infection are the product of homosexual