03348cam a2200565La 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007000700055008004100062040005100103020003500154020003200189020001800221035002100239035001800260050002500278072002500303082001700328049000900345100003400354245018500388260005500573300003400628490005100662504005100713505054200764520060601306588004701912650002501959650003701984650001602021650002002037650002202057650004302079650004202122655002202164700002002186776014802206830005202354856008002406856004702486856010502533938003002638938004102668938002802709910001602737994001202753999001702765ocn763161451OCoLC20200709060105.0m        u        cr cn|110518s2012    cau     ob    001 0 eng d  aE7BbengcE7BdOCLCQdEBLCPdMERUCdOCLCQdN$T  a9780804781039 (electronic bk.)  a0804781036 (electronic bk.)  z9780804778053  a(OCoLC)763161451  a713487b(N$T) 4aBM645.C6bE45 2012eb 7aRELx0400002bisacsh04a296.1/85223  aN$TA1 aEllenson, David Harry,d1947-10aPledges of Jewish allegianceh[electronic resource] :bconversion, law, and policymaking in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox responsa /cDavid Ellenson and Daniel Gordis.  aStanford, CA :bStanford University Press,cc2012.  a1 online resource (x, 206 p.)1 aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aAcknowledgments; 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.  aSince 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.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aConversionxJudaism. 0aResponsaxHistory and criticism. 0aJewish law. 0aJewsxIdentity. 0aOrthodox Judaism. 0aJudaismxHistoryyModern period, 1750- 7aRELIGION / Judaism / General2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.1 aGordis, Daniel.08iPrint version:aEllenson, David Harry, 1947-tPledges of Jewish allegiance.dStanford, CA : Stanford University Press, c2012w(DLC)  2011021346 0aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture.403Ebook Libraryuhttp://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=795578403ebraryuhttp://site.ebrary.com/id/10509347403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=713487  aebrarybEBRYnebr10509347  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL795578  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn713487  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c54601d54601