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Rabbis and lawyers : the journey from Torah to Constitution / Jerold S. Auerbach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Auerbach, Jerold S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.
- Jews.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation.
- United States.
- Jews--United States--Identity.
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- Judaism--United States.
- Judaism.
- Jewish lawyers--Political activity--United States.
- Jewish lawyers.
- Jewish lawyers--Political activity.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 249 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1990]
- Summary:
- Auerbach examines the special contributions of rabbis and lawyers to American Jewish acculturation. Based on extensive reading and research in American and Israeli archives, his analysis of how lawyers displaced rabbis as community leaders at the beginning of this century illuminates a decisive moment in American Jewish history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253310857
- OCLC:
- 20593856
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