TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellenson,David Harry
AU  - Gordis,Daniel
TI  - Pledges of Jewish allegiance: conversion, law, and policymaking in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox responsa 
T2  - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
SN  - 9780804781039 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BM645.C6 E45 2012eb
U1  - 296.1/85 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Stanford, CA
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Conversion
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Responsa
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Jewish law
KW  - Jews
KW  - Identity
KW  - Orthodox Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Modern period, 1750-
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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