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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"American Judaism"”.
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Separate spheres : women in the responsa of Rabbi Moses Feinstein
… transformed, as is the responsa process, by the American experience. The areas chosen to explore these issues are education, synagogue and ritual responsibility. These three spheres demonstrate Feinstein's commitment to gender separation. Clearly, his ideal of distinctiveness causes him to …
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The Emotional Heschel
… a more robust and fuller understanding of American Jewish postwar life. Specifically, American Jewish postwar life was animated by a nostalgia for the shtetl, a desire to connect with the State of Israel, a longing to create meaningful Jewish ritual, and uncertainty about the place of …
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All Joking Aside: The Role of Religion in American Jewish Satire
… Jewish comedians has been a point of pride for American Jews throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. What I undertake in this dissertation is to isolate one particular form of humor-namely satire-and use it as a way to analyze the changing relationship of American Jews to …
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“Jewish, Gay and Proud”
… 1974, the synagogue was admitted to the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the umbrella organization of the Reform congregations in the United States. Previously, the potential acceptance of a congregation by and for homosexual Jews triggered an intense and broad debate within Reform Judaism. …