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Defenders of the faith : studies in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodoxy and Reform /
"Emancipation of European Jewry during the nineteenth century led to conflict between tradition and modernity, creating a chasm that few believed could be bridged. The emergence of modern traditionalism was fraught with obstacles. The essays published in this collection eloquently depict the pa...
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New York :
Touro University Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Nineteenth to twenty-first centuries: from pessimism to optimism
- 1. Rabbinic responses to nonobservance in the modern era
- 2. The emergence of an Orthodox press in nineteenth-century Germany
- 3. The circumcision controversy in classical Reform in historical context
- 4. Clerical robes: distinction or dishonor?
- 5. Intermarriage in the early modern period
- 6. Military service: ambivalence and contradiction
- 7. The testament of a halakhist
- 8. Between East and West: modernity and traditionalism in the writings of Rabbi Yehi'el Ya'akov Weinberg
- 9. Liturgical innovation and spirituality: trends and trendiness.