Pledges of Jewish Allegiance

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

Ellenson, DavidGordis, Daniel

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This book examines legal opinions from nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox rabbis on what constitutes legitimate conversion to Judaism and argues that the array of disparate views indicates that these rabbis were not only answering a legal question, but crafting public policy for Jewish communities facing unprecedented changes in status, identity, and interaction with non-Jews.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-8047-7805-3

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BindingHardcover

PublisherStanford University Press

Publishing date18/01/2012

SeriesStanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Pages216 pages

LanguageEnglish

SizeWidth 152 mm, Height 229 mm

Weight454 g

Article no.12963933

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Ellenson, DavidGordis, Daniel

David Ellenson, President and I. H. and Anna Grancell Professor of Jewish Religious Thought at Hebrew Union College-Jewish institute of Religion, is a distinguished rabbi, scholar, and leader of the Reform Movement.Daniel Gordis is President of the Shalem Foundation and Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. He is a columnist for the Jerusalem Post and a frequent contributor to the New York Times and was the founding dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism.

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