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  • Authentically Orthodox

    A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life

    de Zev Eleff ...
    Explores religious change in Orthodox Judaism, specifically the indigenous American religious culture.With a fresh perspective, Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life challenges the current historical paradigm in the study of Orthodox Judaism and other tradition-bound faith communities in the United States.Paying attention to "lived religion," the book moves beyond ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest of All Time

    A History of an American Obsession

    de Zev Eleff ...
    Americans love to talk about 'greatness.' In this book, Zev Eleff explores the phenomenon of 'greatness' culture and what Americans really mean when they talk about greatness. Greatness discourse provides a uniquely American language for participants to discuss their 'ideal' aspirational values and make meaning of their personal lives. The many incarnations and insinuations of 'greatness' suggest ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary History

    de Zev Eleff ...
    Series series JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought
    Modern Orthodox Judaism offers an extensive selection of primary texts documenting the Orthodox encounter with American Judaism that led to the emergence of the Modern Orthodox movement. Many texts in this volume are drawn from episodes of conflict that helped form Modern Orthodox Judaism. These include the traditionalists’ response to the early expressions of Reform Judaism, as well as incidents ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Who Rules the Synagogue?

    Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism

    de Zev Eleff ...
    Finalist for the American Jewish Studies cateogry of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards Early in the 1800s, American Jews consciously excluded rabbinic forces from playing a role in their community's development. By the final decades of the century, ordained rabbis were in full control of America's leading synagogues and large sectors of American Jewish life. How did this shift occur? Who Rules ... Leer más

    $104.99 USD

  • Dyed in Crimson

    Football, Faith, and Remaking Harvard's America

    de Zev Eleff ...
    Series series Sport and Society
    In 1926, Harvard athletic director Bill Bingham chose former Crimson All-American Arnold Horween as coach of the university’s moribund football team. The pair instilled a fresh culture, one based on merit rather than social status, and in the virtues of honor and courage over mere winning. Yet their success challenged entrenched ideas about who belonged at Harvard and, by extension, who deserved ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Emet le-Ya‘akov

    Facing the Truths of History: Essays in Honor of Jacob J. Schacter

    Edición de Zev Eleff, Shaul Seidler-Feller ...
    Emet le-Ya‘akov comprises a collection of essays celebrating the career and achievements of Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, who has served the American and international Jewish community with distinction in his roles as a synagogue rabbi, university professor, and public intellectual. These articles, like the honoree, recognize the importance of both history and memory, emphasize the necessity of ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • The Way Into the Varieties of Jewishness

    de Sylvia Barack Fishman ...
    Series series The Way Into ...
    An accessible introduction to the many ways Jews understand Jewishness and identify themselves and their communities—throughout history and today.For everyone who wants to understand the varieties of Jewish identity, its boundaries and inclusions, this book explores the religious and historical understanding of what it has meant to be Jewish from ancient times to the present controversy over “Who ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Pledges of Jewish Allegiance

    Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa

    de David Ellenson, Daniel Gordis ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
    Since the late 1700s, when the Jewish community ceased to be a semiautonomous political unit in Western Europe and the United States and individual Jews became integrated—culturally, socially, and politically—into broader society, questions surrounding Jewish status and identity have occupied a prominent and contentious place in Jewish legal discourse. This book examines a wide array of legal ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Open Judaism

    A Guide for Believers, Atheists, and Agnostics

    de Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz ...
    Open Judaism offers a big-tent welcome to all Jews and Judaism. It is at once an invitation to the spiritually seeking Jew, a clarion call for a deeply pluralistic and inclusive Judaism, and a dynamic exploration of the remarkable array of thought within Judaism today.In honest, engaging language Barry L. Schwartz, a practicing rabbi and writer, presents traditional, secular-humanistic, and ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Judaism

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Norman Solomon ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of those with the Jewish faith, Solomon explores how the Jewish religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of the Bible. This Very Short Introduction starts by outlining the basics of practical Judaism - its festivals, prayers, customs, ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Judaism in America

    de Marc Lee Raphael ...
    Series series Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series
    Jews have been a religious and cultural presence in America since the colonial era, and the community of Jews in the United States today—some six million people—continues to make a significant contribution to the American religious landscape. Emphasizing developments in American Judaism in the last quarter century among active participants in Jewish worship, this book provides both a look back ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • An Unusual Relationship

    Evangelical Christians and Jews

    de Yaakov Ariel ...
    Series series Goldstein-Goren American Jewish History
    Itis generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have little incommon. Yet special alliances developedbetween the two groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicalsviewed Jews as both the rightful heirs of Israel and as a group who failed torecognize their true savior. Consequently, they set out to influence the courseof Jewish life by attempting to evangelize Jews and ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus