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Who owns Judaism? : public religion and private faith in America and Israel / edited by Eli Lederhendler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in contemporary Jewry, 17.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--Social aspects--United States--Congresses.
- Judaism.
- Judaism--Social aspects--Israel--Congresses.
- Jews--Politics and government--20th century--Congresses.
- Jews.
- Judaism--20th century--Congresses.
- Jews--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--Book reviews.
- Antisemitism.
- Jews--Intellectual life--Book reviews.
- Jews--Social conditions--20th century--Book reviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Public religion and private faith in America and Israel
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bringing together contributions from scholars as well as younger academics, Volume XVII of 'Studies in Contemporary Jewry' considers the ways in which theological writings, sweeping social changes, individual or small-group needs, and intra-communal diversity have re-energised Judaism even amidst secular trends in America and Israel.
- Contents:
- Contents; Symposium: Who Owns Judaism? Public Religion and Private Faith in America and Israel; Introduction: The ""Problem of Judaism"" Today-Beyond Assimilation and Nationalism; Who Has the Right to Change Tradition? Evolving Conceptions of Religious Authority and Their Implications for the Jewish People; Modernists vs. Traditionalists: Competition and Legitimacy within American Conservative Judaism; Judaism, Exile, and the State of Israel in Postwar American Jewish Theological Discourse; Uzi Meshulam's ""Mishkan Ohalim"": A Contemporary Apocalyptic Messianic Sect in Israel
- Beyond Wissenschaft: The Resurrection of Resurrection in Jewish Thought Since 1950Religiosity and Ethnicity: Jewish Identity Trends in the United States; Women's Transformations of Public Judaism: Religiosity, Egalitarianism, and the Symbolic Power of Changing Gender Roles; Judaism Resurgent? American Jews and the Evolving Expression of Jewish Values and Jewish Identity in Modern American Life; Essay; Frankfurter among the Anarchists: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti; Review Essays; Asymmetries in America: Recent Work on Jews and Blacks; Sand and Iron
- Jews, Intellectuals, and the Dreyfus AffairThe Decline and Rise of German Antisemitism; Book Reviews (arranged by subject); Antisemitism, Holocaust, and Genocide; Bibliography, Language, Literature, and the Arts; History and the Social Sciences; Religion, Thought, and Education; Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East; Contents for Volume XVIII; Note on Editorial Policy
- Notes:
- At head of title: Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Published for the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry.
- Papers presented at an annual symposium.
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 9780190287368
- 0190287365
- 9780197716571
- 0197716571
- 9781280532269
- 1280532262
- 9780195348965
- 0195348966
- OCLC:
- 466433304
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