Translating a tradition [electronic resource] : studies in American Jewish history / by Ira Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Ira, 1951-

Series:

Judaism and Jewish life.

Judaism and Jewish life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--History--19th century.

Jews.

Jews--United States--History--20th century.

Jews--United States--Politics and government--19th century.

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

Judaism--United States--History--19th century.

Judaism.

Judaism--United States--History--20th century.

Jewish religious education--United States--History--19th century.

Jewish religious education.

Jewish religious education--United States--History--20th century.

Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940.

Adler, Cyrus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Divided into three sections, this work explains how the concepts and practices of traditional European Judaism were adapted to North American culture beginning in the late nineteenth century. Part I focuses on the ideas and activities of Cyrus Adler (1863-1940), one of the most prominent leaders of the traditionalist United States Jewish community in his era. The issues in these essays include the origins of American Jewish history as a field of study, the Kehilla experiments of the early twentieth century, and the relationship between the Jewish Theological Seminary and Orthodox Judaism. Part II deals with the beginnings of Hasidic Judaism in North America prior to the Second World War. It also includes several studies investigating the shaping of the worldview of Orthodox Judaism in contemporary North America. Part III examines the issue of contemporary American Jewish attitudes toward evolution and intelligent design.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Section I. Cyrus Adler: Toward the Biography of an American Jew

The Invention of American Jewish History

Cyrus Adler and The American: a Moment in the Intellectual History of American Jewry

Cyrus Adler the Philadelphian

Two North American Kehillot and Their Structure: Philadelphia and Montreal

Cyrus Adler, Bernard Revel and the Prehistory of organized Jewish Scholarship in the United States

Cyrus Adler and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America: Image and reality

Cyrus Adler: President of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1915-1940

The Correspondence of Cyrus Adler and Racie Friedenwald Adler: New Perspectives on the Development of American Jewry in the Early Twentieth Century / Jacobson, Maxine

A Supplemental bibliography of Cyrus Adler

Section II. Orthodox Judaism in North America

The First Hasidic rabbis in North America

Anshe Sfard: the Creation of the First Hasidic Congregations in North America

Hasid and Maskil: The Hasidic Tales of an American Yiddish Journalist

Because of our Many Sins: The Contemporary Jewish World as reflected in the responsa of rabbi Moses Feinstein

That Marvelous Midos Machine: Audio Tapes as an orthodox Educational Medium

"Practically I Am a Fundamentalist" : Twentieth Century orthodox Jews Contend With Evolution and Its Implications

Section III. Contemporary American Judaism

American Jewish Views of Evolution and Intelligent Design

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-033-0

OCLC:

762325114