Jewish Continuity in America Creative Survival in a Free Society

Name: Jewish Continuity in America Creative Survival in a Free Society
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ISBN: 9780585200385

ISBN-10: 0585200386

ISBN-13: 9780585200385

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Authors: Abraham J. Karp

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Jews have historically lived within a paradox of faith and fear: faith that they are an eternal people and fear that their generation may be the last. In the United States, the Jewish community has faced to a heightened degree the enduring question of identity and assimilation: How does the Jewish community in this free, open, pluralistic society discover or create factors -- both ideological and existential -- that make group survival beneficial to the larger society and rewarding to the individual Jew?Abraham J. Karp's Jewish Continuity in America focuses on the three major sources of American Judaism's continuing vitality: the synagogue, the rabbinate, and Jewish religious pluralism.…

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Publisher: Ebsco Publishing
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Quest for a Viable Identity	p. 1
The Synagogue in America
The Synagogue in America: A Historical Typology	p. 17
The Americanization of Congregation Beth Israel, Rochester	p. 45
The American Rabbinate
Expanding the Parameters of the Rabbinate: Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia	p. 109
From Campus to Pulpit: Simon Tuska of Rochester	p. 122
American Rabbis for America: Solomon Schechter Comes to the Seminary	p. 132
New York Chooses a Chief Rabbi: Jacob Joseph of Vilna	p. 145
A Pluralistic Religious Community
The Tripartite Division: How It Came to Be	p. 193
A Century of Conservative Judaism	p. 204
Postscript: Between Fear and Faith	p. 259
Notes	p. 267
Glossary	p. 291
Index	p. 293
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