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Between Jewish tradition and modernity : rethinking an old opposition : essays in honor of David Ellenson / edited by Michael A. Meyer and David N. Myers.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM565 .B48 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellenson, David Harry, 1947-2023.
- Ellenson, David Harry.
- Judaism--History--Modern period, 1750-.
- Judaism.
- History.
- Orthodox Judaism--History.
- Orthodox Judaism.
- Proselytizing--Judaism.
- Proselytizing.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 360 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Part 1 Law
- 1 Caring for an Intermarried Jew by Converting His Partner: Rabbi Uzziel's Earliest Responsum on Giyur (Salonica, c. 1922) / Zvi Zohar Zohar, Zvi 17
- 2 Gaining Moral Guidance from the Jewish Tradition: Four Examples to Test David Ellenson's Approach and Mine / Elliot N. Dorff Dorff, Elliot N. 35
- 3 The Role of Reform in Israeli Orthodoxy / Adam S. Ferziger Ferziger, Adam S. 51
- 4 Between "West Point Standards" and Life in the Trenches: The Halakhic Dilemmas of Orthodox Outreach Workers / Jack Wertheimer Wertheimer, Jack 67
- 5 The Touro Monument Controversy: Aniconism vs. Anti-Idolatry in a Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Jewish Religious Dispute / Jonathan D. Sarna Sarna, Jonathan D. 80
- Part 2 Ritual
- 6 Reverse Engineering the Twentieth-Century Bar/Bat Mitzvah / Isa Aron Aron, Isa 96
- 7 "And It Not Be Stilled": The Legacy of Debbie Friedman / Deborah E. Lipstadt Lipstadt, Deborah E. 110
- 8 From the Rhine Valley to Jezreel Valley: Innovative Versions of the Mourners' Kaddish in the Kibbutz Movement / Dalia Marx Marx, Dalia 123
- 9 New Waters in an Old Vessel: A History of Mikveh in Modern Judaism / Michael A. Meyer Meyer, Michael A. 142
- 10 German Jewry and Dutch Jewry: Two Separate Paths to Modernity / Steven M. Lowenstein Lowenstein, Steven M. 159
- Part 3 Thought
- 11 Zionism, American Jewry, and the "Negation of Diaspora" / Arnold Eisen Eisen, Arnold 175
- 12 Traditional Exemplars in a Time of Crisis / Michael Marmur Marmur, Michael 192
- 13 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Rav J. B. Soloveitchik's Perspective on Gender / Rachel Adler Adler, Rachel 209
- 14 The Tendency of Stories and the Ethics of Life's Endings / William Cutter Cutter, William 221
- 15 Thoughts on Forgiveness in Psychoanalysis and Judaism / Lewis M. Barth Barth, Lewis M. 237
- Part 4 Culture
- 16 Ethnicity, Religion, and Spirituality in Postwar Jewish America / Lawrence A. Hoffman Hoffman, Lawrence A. 249
- 17 Complicating a Jewish Modernity: The Jewish Theological Seminary, Columbia University, and the Rise of a Jewish Counterculture in 1968 / Riv-Ellen Prell Prell, Riv-Ellen 263
- 18 Reform Rabbis, Betty Friedan, and the Uses of "Tradition" / Carole B. Balin Balin, Carole B. 280
- 19 On Memento: Remaking Memory from the Outside In / Wendy Zierler Zierler, Wendy 294
- 20 At the Centenary of Agnon's "Ve-hayah he'akov le-mishor": A New Reading / Arnold J. Band Band, Arnold J. 312.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814338599
- 0814338593
- OCLC:
- 870987721
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