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Pledges of Jewish allegiance : conversion, law, and policymaking in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox responsa / David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellenson, David Harry, 1947-2023.
- Series:
- Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
- Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conversion--Judaism.
- Conversion.
- Responsa--History and criticism.
- Responsa.
- Jewish law.
- Jews--Identity.
- Jews.
- Orthodox Judaism.
- Judaism--History--Modern period, 1750-.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the late 1700s, when the Jewish community ceased to be a semiautonomous political unit in Western Europe and the United States and individual Jews became integrated-culturally, socially, and politically-into broader society, questions surrounding Jewish status and identity have occupied a prominent and contentious place in Jewish legal discourse. This book examines a wide array of legal opinions written by nineteenth- and twentieth-century orthodox rabbis in Europe, the United States, and Israel. It argues that these rabbis' divergent positions-based on the same legal precedents-dem
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who Is a Jew? What Is a Jew? : Jewish Identity, Jewish Status, and the Challenge of Conversion; 1. Conversion in Jewish Tradition: An Introduction to the Classical Sources; 2. Trends in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century German Orthodox Responses to Conversion and Intermarriage; 3. Hungarian and Central European Writings on Conversion and Intermarriage; 4. Europe and the United States in the Modern Period; 5. Israel: Conversion to Judaism in a Jewish Socie; Conclusion; 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 15. Sep 2020)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804781039
- 0804781036
- OCLC:
- 763161451
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