Contemporary American Judaism : : Transformation and Renewal /

Contemporary American Judaism : : Transformation and Renewal / / Dana Kaplan.

No longer controlled by a handful of institutional leaders based in remote headquarters and rabbinical seminaries, American Judaism is being transformed by the spiritual decisions of tens of thousands of Jews living all over the United States. A pulpit rabbi and himself an American Jew, Dana Evan Ka...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Kaplan, Dana,
MitwirkendeR:
Ellenson, David,
Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (446 p.) :; 42 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology of Events
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Historical Overview from 1945
  • 2. The Reengagement with Spirituality
  • 3. The Rise and Fall of American Jewish Denominationalism
  • 4. Facing the Collapse of the Intermarriage Stigma
  • 5. Inclusivity as a Social Value
  • 6. Radical Responses to the Suburban Experience
  • 7. The Popularization of Jewish Mystical Outreach
  • 8. Herculean Efforts at Synagogue Renewal
  • Conclusion: The Future of Judaism in America
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Index

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