ISBN:
9780817319243
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 402 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2016
Series Statement:
Jews and Judaism
Series Statement:
history and culture
DDC:
323.1196/0730088296
Keywords:
Rabbis Interviews
;
Rabbis Political activity
;
Reform Judaism
;
African Americans Civil rights
;
Civil rights Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
USA
;
Reformjudentum
;
Rabbi
;
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Abstract:
"In 1966, Allen Krause, a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College, conducted interviews with twelve Reform rabbis from various congregations throughout the South concerning their thoughts, principles, and activities as they related to the civil rights movement. ... The rabbis were extremely candid about their opinions and their own activities. The book's geographic scope is limited to the South - the rabbis interviewed served in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia - and the years between 1954 and 1967. ... While several of the rabbis interviewed stood up against the evils of the separate and unequal system, others made peace with it, or found reasons to justify inaction. ... In addition, the book provides a comparative framework for investigating the roles of other religious leaders in the civil rights movement"--
Abstract:
In the land of the almost possible : P. Irving Bloom -- Julian B. Feibelman -- Alfred L. Goodman -- Martin I. Hinchin -- Jacob M. Rothschild -- Nathaniel Share -- William B. Silverman -- Malcolm Stern -- James A. Wax. In the land of the almost impossible : Milton L. Grafman -- Moses M. Landau -- Charles Mantinband -- Perry E. Nussbaum
Note:
Includes index
