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100 1 _aEllenson, David Harry,
_d1947-
245 1 0 _aPledges of Jewish allegiance
_h[electronic resource] :
_bconversion, law, and policymaking in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox responsa /
_cDavid Ellenson and Daniel Gordis.
260 _aStanford, CA :
_bStanford University Press,
_cc2012.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 206 p.)
490 1 _aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 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.
520 _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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aConversion
_xJudaism.
650 0 _aResponsa
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aJewish law.
650 0 _aJews
_xIdentity.
650 0 _aOrthodox Judaism.
650 0 _aJudaism
_xHistory
_yModern period, 1750-
650 7 _aRELIGION / Judaism / General
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aGordis, Daniel.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aEllenson, David Harry, 1947-
_tPledges of Jewish allegiance.
_dStanford, CA : Stanford University Press, c2012
_w(DLC) 2011021346
830 0 _aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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