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  • Authentically Orthodox

    A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life

    par Zev Eleff ...
    Explores religious change in Orthodox Judaism, specifically the indigenous American religious culture.With a fresh perspective, Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life challenges the current historical paradigm in the study of Orthodox Judaism and other tradition-bound faith communities in the United States.Paying attention to "lived religion," the book moves beyond ... En savoir plus

    $90.86 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest of All Time

    A History of an American Obsession

    par Zev Eleff ...
    Americans love to talk about 'greatness.' In this book, Zev Eleff explores the phenomenon of 'greatness' culture and what Americans really mean when they talk about greatness. Greatness discourse provides a uniquely American language for participants to discuss their 'ideal' aspirational values and make meaning of their personal lives. The many incarnations and insinuations of 'greatness' suggest ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

  • Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary History

    par Zev Eleff ...
    Collections series JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought
    Modern Orthodox Judaism offers an extensive selection of primary texts documenting the Orthodox encounter with American Judaism that led to the emergence of the Modern Orthodox movement. Many texts in this volume are drawn from episodes of conflict that helped form Modern Orthodox Judaism. These include the traditionalists’ response to the early expressions of Reform Judaism, as well as incidents ... En savoir plus

    $45.99 CAD

  • Who Rules the Synagogue?

    Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism

    par Zev Eleff ...
    Finalist for the American Jewish Studies cateogry of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards Early in the 1800s, American Jews consciously excluded rabbinic forces from playing a role in their community's development. By the final decades of the century, ordained rabbis were in full control of America's leading synagogues and large sectors of American Jewish life. How did this shift occur? Who Rules ... En savoir plus

    $102.99 CAD

  • Dyed in Crimson

    Football, Faith, and Remaking Harvard's America

    par Zev Eleff ...
    Collections series Sport and Society
    In 1926, Harvard athletic director Bill Bingham chose former Crimson All-American Arnold Horween as coach of the university’s moribund football team. The pair instilled a fresh culture, one based on merit rather than social status, and in the virtues of honor and courage over mere winning. Yet their success challenged entrenched ideas about who belonged at Harvard and, by extension, who deserved ... En savoir plus

    $33.99 CAD

  • Emet le-Ya‘akov

    Facing the Truths of History: Essays in Honor of Jacob J. Schacter

    Modifié par Zev Eleff, Shaul Seidler-Feller ...
    Emet le-Ya‘akov comprises a collection of essays celebrating the career and achievements of Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, who has served the American and international Jewish community with distinction in his roles as a synagogue rabbi, university professor, and public intellectual. These articles, like the honoree, recognize the importance of both history and memory, emphasize the necessity of ... En savoir plus

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  • The Way Into the Varieties of Jewishness

    par Sylvia Barack Fishman ...
    Takes readers era by era through Jewish history to reveal who the Jewish community included and excluded, and discusses the fascinating range of historical conflicts that Jews have dealt with internally. It provides an understanding of how the Jewish people and faith developed, and of what the major religious differences are among Jewish movements today. ... En savoir plus

    $28.99 CAD

  • Pledges of Jewish Allegiance

    Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa

    par David Ellenson, Daniel Gordis ...
    Collections series Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
    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 ... En savoir plus

    $50.99 CAD

  • Open Judaism

    A Guide for Believers, Atheists, and Agnostics

    par Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz ...
    Open Judaism offers a big-tent welcome to all Jews and Judaism. It is at once an invitation to the spiritually seeking Jew, a clarion call for a deeply pluralistic and inclusive Judaism, and a dynamic exploration of the remarkable array of thought within Judaism today.In honest, engaging language Barry L. Schwartz, a practicing rabbi and writer, presents traditional, secular-humanistic, and ... En savoir plus

    $28.99 CAD

  • Judaism

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Norman Solomon ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of those with the Jewish faith, Solomon explores how the Jewish religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of the Bible. This Very Short Introduction starts by outlining the basics of practical Judaism - its festivals, prayers, customs, ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Judaism in America

    par Marc Lee Raphael ...
    Collections series Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series
    Jews have been a religious and cultural presence in America since the colonial era, and the community of Jews in the United States today—some six million people—continues to make a significant contribution to the American religious landscape. Emphasizing developments in American Judaism in the last quarter century among active participants in Jewish worship, this book provides both a look back ... En savoir plus

    $33.99 CAD

  • An Unusual Relationship

    Evangelical Christians and Jews

    par Yaakov Ariel ...
    Collections Livre 12 - Goldstein-Goren American Jewish History
    It is generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have little in common. Yet special alliances developed between the two groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicals viewed Jews as both the rightful heirs of Israel and as a group who failed to recognize their true savior. Consequently, they set out to influence the course of Jewish life by attempting to evangelize ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus