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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.
Van Pelt Library E184.36.P64 J44 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- 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
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