Jewish Polity and American Civil Society

Communal Agencies and Religious Movements in the American Public Square
Herausgeber: Mittleman, Alan; Licht, Robert; Sarna, Jonathan D

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Produktbeschreibung

Jewish Polity and American Civil Society is a study of the civic and political engagements of American Jews as mediated by their communal and denominational institutions. The book explores how the various branches of the organized Jewish community seek to influence public affairs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780742521223
• ISBN-10: 0742521222
• Artikelnr.: 22436601

Autorenporträt

Edited by Alan Mittleman; Jonathan D. Sarna and Robert Licht - Contributions by Allan Arkush; Joel M. Carp; Daniel J. Elazar; Gordon M. Freeman; Lawrence Grossman; Samuel C. Heilman; Michael C. Kotzin; Martin J. Raffel; Lance J. Sussman; David A. Teutsch

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Jewish Political Tradition and the
English-Speaking World Part 2 Communal Agencies Chapter 3 "Defenders":
National Jewish Community Relations Agencies Chapter 4 Local Community
Relations Councils and Their National Body Chapter 5 History of Israel
Advocacy Chapter 6 The Jewish Social Welfare Lobby in the United States
Part 7 Religious Movements Chapter 8 The Conservative Movement and the
Public Square Chapter 9 Reform Judaism, Minority Rights, and the Separation
of Church and State Chapter 10 Mainstream Orthodoxy and the American Public
Square Chapter 11 Haredim and the Public Square: The Nature of the Social
Contract Chapter 12 Reconstructionism and the Public Square: A
Multicultural Approach to Judaism in America Chapter 13 Jewish Renewal
Chapter 14 Afterword