Pledges of Jewish allegiance : conversion, law, and policymaking in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox responsa /

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Author / Creator:	Ellenson, David Harry, 1947-
Imprint:	Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 206 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Subject:	Conversion -- Judaism. Responsa -- History and criticism. Jewish law. Jews -- Identity. Orthodox Judaism. Judaism -- History -- Modern period, 1750- Conversion -- Judaism. Jewish law. Jews -- Identity. Judaism -- Modern period. Orthodox Judaism. Responsa. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11120780

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Other authors / contributors:	Gordis, Daniel.
ISBN:	9780804781039 0804781036 9780804778053
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Since the late 1700s, when the Jewish community ceased to be a semiautonomous political unit in Western Europe and the United States and individual Jews became integrated-culturally, socially, and politically-into broader society, questions surrounding Jewish status and identity have occupied a prominent and contentious place in Jewish legal discourse. This book examines a wide array of legal opinions written by nineteenth- and twentieth-century orthodox rabbis in Europe, the United States, and Israel. It argues that these rabbis' divergent positions-based on the same legal precedents-demonstr.
Other form:	Print version: Ellenson, David Harry, 1947- Pledges of Jewish allegiance. Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, ©2012

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