Cosmopolitans and Parochials Modern Orthodox Jews in America

Name: Cosmopolitans and Parochials Modern Orthodox Jews in America
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ISBN: 9780226324951

ISBN-10: 0226324958

ISBN-13: 9780226324951

Edition: 74th 1989

Authors: Samuel C. Heilman, Steven M. Cohen

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Far from simply vanishing in the face of modernity, Orthodox Jews in the United States today are surviving and flourishing. Samuel C. Heilman and Steven M. Cohen, both distinguished scholars of Jewish studies, have joined forces in this pathbreaking book to articulate this vibrancy and to characterize the many faces of Orthodox Jewry in contemporary America. Who are these Orthodox Jews? How have they survived, what do they believe and practice and how do they accommodate the tension between traditional Jewish and modern American values? Drawing on a survey of more than one thousand participants, the authors address these questions and many more. Heilman and Cohen reveal that American…

Book details

List price: $59.00
Edition: 74th
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/11/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 258
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.93" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.012



Preface



Introduction



Mitzva: Ritual Practices and Orthodox Jews



The Religious Faith and Fervency of Orthodox Jews



Kehilla: Orthodox Insularity and Community Boundaries



The Ethos of Orthodoxy: Political, Social, and Sexual Attitudes



Whither Orthodoxy?



Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index