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Creating American Reform Judaism : the Life and Times of Isaac Mayer Wise.
Sefton Temkin has provided us with a much-needed critical and balanced portrayal of Wise ... The best scholarly work on Wise to date. It presents an admiring yet critical picture of Wise's achievements and personality ... a welcome contribution to our understanding of the man and his times....
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Prefatory Note; Contents; List of Plates; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration; 1. Bohemia (1819-1849); 1. Metternich's Europe; 2. Jewish Life in an Age of Reaction; 3. Early Years; 4. Departure; 2. New Beginning (1846-1854); 1. Young America; 2. Jewish Life; 3. Rabbi in Albany; 4. Organizing American Jewry; 5. Early Writings; 6. Sortie in Charleston: Backlash in Albany; 7. Anshe Emeth; 8. Formulating His Beliefs; 9. The Asmonean; 10. A Bible History; 11. Heading West; 3. Cincinnati (1854-1900); 1. Queen City of the West.
- 2. Congregation B'nai Jeshurun3. The Israelite; 4. Zion College; 5. Conference--Union--Synod; 6. David Einhorn; 7. Cleveland Platform: Quick Victory-Lengthy War; 8. Minhag America; 9. The Essence of Judaism; 10. Fighting for Jewish Rights; 11. Political Diversions; 12. The Civil War; 13. At North College Hill; 14. First Fruits in Cincinnati; 15. Wider Ambitions; 16. Among the Gentiles (1867-1878); 17. Years of Sorrow and Strife (1869-1874); 18. Flirting with the Orthodox; 19. Reformers in Conflict: East versus West (1869); 20. Establishing the Union (1871-1873); 21. Call to New York (1873).
- 22. 'We must have ""Union in Israel'23. President of Hebrew Union College; Appendix: The Principal Changes Introduced in Minhag America; 4. Fulfilment: Years of Harvest; 1. Duties Old and New; 2. Remarriage (1876); 3. Sustaining the College (1875-1883); 4. Reform Moves On: The Pittsburgh Platform; 5. A New American Jewish World; 6. Seventieth Birthday: Central Conference of American Rabbis; 7. Sunset; 8. The Legacy; Bibliographical Note; Glossary; Index.