Jewish polity and American civil society : communal agencies and religious movements in the American public sphere / edited by Alan Mittleman, Jonathan D. Sarna, and Robert Licht.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mittleman, Alan.

Licht, Robert A.

Sarna, Jonathan D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Jews.

Judaism and politics.

United States.

Politics and government.

Jews--United States--Societies, etc.

Judaism and politics--United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 420 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]

Contents:

Introduction

The Jewish Political Tradition and the English-Speaking World / Daniel J. Elazar 1

I. Communal Agencies

1 "Defenders": National Jewish Community Relations Agencies / Steven Windmueller 13

2 Local Community Relations Councils and Their National Body / Michael C. Kotzin 67

3 History of Israel Advocacy / Martin J. Raffel 103

4 The Jewish Social Welfare Lobby in the United States / Joel M. Carp 181

II. Religious Movements

5 The Conservative Movement and the Public Square / Gordon M. Freeman 235

6 Reform Judaism, Minority Rights, and the Separation of Church and State / Lance J. Sussman 261

7 Mainstream Orthodoxy and the American Public Square / Lawrence Grossman 283

8 Haredim and the Public Square: The Nature of the Social Contract / Samuel C. Heilman 311

9 Reconstructionism and the Public Square: A Multicultural Approach to Judaism in America / David A. Teutsch 337

10 Jewish Renewal / Allan Arkush 363.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742521214

0742521222

OCLC:

50598153