Hats in the Ring : Choosing Britain's Chief Rabbis from Adler to Sacks / Meir Persoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Persoff, Meir, Author.

Series:

Judaism and Jewish Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbis--Selection and appointment--England.

Rabbis.

British Chief Rabbinate--Selection and appointment--History.

British Chief Rabbinate.

Local Subjects:

Rabbis--Selection and appointment--England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Prior to the latest Chief Rabbinical selection process, seven eminent rabbis were appointed to British Jewry's highest ecclesiastical post, although only six were installed and saw out their terms of office. The manner of their appointment was invariably coloured by intrigue, in-fighting and a host of other influences, not least an increasingly potent input by the dayanim of the London Beth Din, themselves not immune to strategic self-interest. Meir Persoff's scholarly yet accessible account of these seven appointments draws on a wealth of hitherto unaccessed and unpublished material, and on the stories of many of the protagonists involved, including in fascinating detail those who, by fair means and foul, failed to gain (or chose to reject) the coveted prize.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter One: Out of the Ruins

Chapter Two: Between Old and New

Chapter Three: Who Pays the Piper

Chapter Four: No Imaginary Man

Chapter Five: Fateful Days

Chapter Six: A Blank Cheque

Chapter Seven: 'When I Return ...'

Chapter Eight: Natural Selection

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-61811-199-X

OCLC:

850178375