Jewish polity and American civil society communal agencies and religious movements in the American public sphere / edited by Alan Mittleman, Jonathan D. Sarna, and Robert Licht.

Other author Mittleman, Alan.
Other author Licht, Robert A.
Other author Sarna, Jonathan D.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield,
Descriptionxvi, 420 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Twentieth Century Religious Thought, Volume 3: Judaism
Subjects
Jews--United States. --Politics and government. --20th century.
Jews--United States. --Societies, etc.
Judaism and politics--United States.

Contents Machine generated contents note: I. Communal Agencies -- 1 "Defenders": National Jewish Community -- Relations Agencies -- Steven Windmueller -- 2 Local Community Relations Councils and Their National Body -- Michael C. Kotzin -- 3 History of Israel Advocacy -- Martin J. Raffel -- 4 The Jewish Social Welfare Lobby in the United States -- Joel M. Carp -- II. Religious Movements -- 5 The Conservative Movement and the Public Square -- Gordon M. Freeman -- 6 Reform Judaism, Minority Rights, and the Separation of Church and State -- Lance J. Sussman -- 7 Mainstream Orthodoxy and the American Public Square -- Lawrence Grossman -- 8 Haredim and the Public Square: The Nature of the Social Contract -- Samuel C. Heilman -- 9 Reconstructionism and the Public Square: A Multicultural Approach to Judaism in America -- David A. Teutsch -- 10 Jewish Renewal -- Allan Arkush -- Afterword - Alan Mittleman -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002003364
ISBN0742521214 (alk. paper)
ISBN0742521222 (pbk. : alk. paper)