When rabbis and scholars confront modern weapons of mass destruction, how do they reconcile thousands of years of Jewish ethical teachings with unprecedented moral dilemmas? A comparative analysis of Bradley Shavit Artson's *Love Peace and Pursue Peace* (1988) and Daniel Landes' edited volume *Confronting Omnicide* (1991) reveals the challenges of applying traditional Jewish frameworks to contemporary warfare ethics. Artson's Conservative Jewish approach weaves together halakhic, aggadic, and historical sources to construct a unified heritage emphasizing peace, while acknowledging halakhah's limitations in addressing nuclear warfare. *Confronting Omnicide* offers multiple interpretive lenses through biblical, rabbinic, and contemporary analyses, reflecting moral ambiguity without providing a unified framework. While Artson successfully develops methodologies for Conservative Jewish ethical decision-making, neither work achieves a systematic Jewish theology for modern warfare. Both texts demonstrate enduring Jewish themes: skepticism toward power, recognition of human limitations, and deep historical awareness. However, their narrow focus excludes female perspectives and alternative canonical sources, highlighting the need for more inclusive approaches to Jewish ethical reflection on war and peace.