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Description: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 integratedOCoculturally, socially, and politicallyOCointo 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 positionsOCobased on the same legal precedentsOCodemonstrate that they were doing more than delivering legal opinions. Instead, they were crafting public policy for Jewish society in response to Jews' social and political interactions as equals with the non-Jewish persons in whose midst they dwelled. " Pledges of Jewish Allegiance" prefaces its analysis of modern opinions with a discussion of the classical Jewish sources upon which they draw.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa (Stanford Studies in Jewish History & Culture (Hardcover)). To get started finding Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa (Stanford Studies in Jewish History & Culture (Hardcover)), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 integratedOCoculturally, socially, and politicallyOCointo 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 positionsOCobased on the same legal precedentsOCodemonstrate that they were doing more than delivering legal opinions. Instead, they were crafting public policy for Jewish society in response to Jews' social and political interactions as equals with the non-Jewish persons in whose midst they dwelled. " Pledges of Jewish Allegiance" prefaces its analysis of modern opinions with a discussion of the classical Jewish sources upon which they draw.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa (Stanford Studies in Jewish History & Culture (Hardcover)). To get started finding Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa (Stanford Studies in Jewish History & Culture (Hardcover)), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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