03348cam a2200565La 4500 ocn763161451 OCoLC 20200709060105.0 m u cr cn| 110518s2012 cau ob 001 0 eng d E7B eng E7B OCLCQ EBLCP MERUC OCLCQ N$T 9780804781039 (electronic bk.) 0804781036 (electronic bk.) 9780804778053 (OCoLC)763161451 713487 (N$T) BM645.C6 E45 2012eb REL 040000 bisacsh 296.1/85 23 N$TA Ellenson, David Harry, 1947- Pledges of Jewish allegiance [electronic resource] : conversion, law, and policymaking in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox responsa / David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis. Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, c2012. 1 online resource (x, 206 p.) Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture Includes bibliographical references and index. Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who Is a Jew? What Is a Jew? : Jewish Identity, Jewish Status, and the Challenge of Conversion; 1. Conversion in Jewish Tradition: An Introduction to the Classical Sources; 2. Trends in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century German Orthodox Responses to Conversion and Intermarriage; 3. Hungarian and Central European Writings on Conversion and Intermarriage; 4. Europe and the United States in the Modern Period; 5. Israel: Conversion to Judaism in a Jewish Socie; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 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. Description based on print version record. Conversion Judaism. Responsa History and criticism. Jewish law. Jews Identity. Orthodox Judaism. Judaism History Modern period, 1750- RELIGION / Judaism / General bisacsh Electronic books. Gordis, Daniel. Print version: Ellenson, David Harry, 1947- Pledges of Jewish allegiance. Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, c2012 (DLC) 2011021346 Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=795578 ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10509347 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=713487 ebrary EBRY ebr10509347 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL795578 EBSCOhost EBSC 713487 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54601 54601