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Ruben, Bruce, 1952-

Max Lilienthal : the making of the American rabbinate / Bruce L. Ruben. - Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (x, 324 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

German origins: between reaction and modernity -- Exporting Haskalah: the Russian mission -- On to America: congregational rabbi -- The evolution of a reformer -- Fighting for a moderate reform agenda -- Creating the new American rabbi -- The quest to unite American Jewry -- Legacy.

ISBN: 9780814336670 (electronic bk.) 0814336671 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lilienthal, M. E. 1815-1882.
Lilienthal, M. E. 1815-1882.
Lilienthal, M. E. 1815-1882.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rabbis--United States--Biography.
Reform Judaism--United States.
Rabbins--États-Unis--Biographies.
Judaïsme réformé--États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
RELIGION--Judaism--Reform.
Rabbis.
Reform Judaism.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: BM755.L5 / R83 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 296.8/341092