Meir Persoff

Another Way, Another Time (eBook, PDF)

Religious Inclusivism and the Sacks Chief Rabbinate

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Produktbeschreibung

Now a freelance writer and editor, Meir Persoff edited the London Jewish Chronicle's news, features, arts, Judaism, letters and obituaries sections during a distinguished 40-year career on the paper. He has written extensively on Jewish topics - notably Jewish art and Judaica - and served on the Jewish Book Council and as president of the Israel-Judaica Philatelic Society. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he holds a London University MA (with distinction) in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, having specialised in modern Jewish history and the history of anti-Semitism, and earned his PhD from Middlesex University, London, for his research into the British Chief Rabbinate's relationship with the non-Orthodox movements. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Middlesex Commission Area in 2001.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781618110237
• Artikelnr.: 56998576

Autorenporträt

Now a freelance writer and editor, Meir Persoff edited the London Jewish Chronicle¿s news, features, arts, Judaism, letters and obituaries sections during a distinguished 40-year career on the paper. He has written extensively on Jewish topics ¿ notably Jewish art and Judaica ¿ and served on the Jewish Book Council and as president of the Israel-Judaica Philatelic Society. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he holds a London University MA (with distinction) in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, having specialised in modern Jewish history and the history of anti-Semitism, and earned his PhD from Middlesex University, London, for his research into the British Chief Rabbinate¿s relationship with the non-Orthodox movements. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Middlesex Commission Area in 2001.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
by Geoffrey Alderman xi
Preface xv
1. With Open Arms 1
2. Beyond the Limits 33
3. Leading by Example 45
4. The Culture of Contempt 67
5. The Search for Survival 91
6. The Stanmore Accords 125
Interlude. From First to Second 145
7. The Indignity of Difference 167
8. The Crucible of Judaism 187
9. The Dynamic of Renewal 221
10. Rites and Wrongs 237
11. The Stanmore Discords 257
12. The Mirage of Unity 281
13. The Pull of Pluralism 293
Notes 317
Bibliography 359