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Jewish tradition in a Western key : essays on Jews and Judaism in a changing world, 1789-1939 / Gil Graff

Englisch

Washington ; London : Academica Press [[2019]], [2019]

xii, 199 Seiten

Essays (Selections)

"The essays in this volume were individually published over a period of more than thirty years"--Preface

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-1-68053-084-1 hardback

*Jews -- History ; Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Europe, Western ; Jews -- United States -- History ; Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life ; Rabbis -- United States -- Biography ; United States -- Ethnic relations

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DS120

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 909/.04924081;

Modernity, Judaism, and Jews: an overview -- Jewish law and the law of the state: the Jew as citizen -- Jewish texts through the eyes of a modern traditionalist: the ideology and interpretive approach of Samson Raphael Hirsch -- Toward an appreciation of the American legacy of Esriel Hildesheimer: the U.S. rabbinate of three Hildesheimer students -- Jewish education past and present: Israel Friedlaender re-visited -- Giving voice to "Torah-true" Judaism in the United States, 1922-1939: Leo Jung and the legacy of the Rabbinerseminar.