Pledges of Jewish allegiance : conversion, law, and policymaking in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox responsa / David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis.
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- Conversion -- Judaism
- Responsa -- History and criticism
- Jewish law
- Jews -- Identity
- Orthodox Judaism
- Judaism -- History -- Modern period, 1750-
- Conversion -- Judaïsme
- Responsa -- Histoire et critique
- Droit juif
- Juifs -- Identité
- Judaïsme orthodoxe
- RELIGION -- Judaism -- General
- Conversion -- Judaism
- Jewish law
- Jews -- Identity
- Judaism -- Modern period
- Orthodox Judaism
- Responsa
- Since 1750
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- BM645.C6 E45 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments; 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.
Since 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.
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