American Jewry's Challenge

Conversations Confronting the Twenty-first Century

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Watershed events - including the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, September 11 2001 and the Iraq war - have created major challenges for American Jewry, leading to changes in its perceptions and environment. Through conversations with some of America's most influential Jewish leaders, Manfred Gerstenfeld sheds light on the how the tumultuous events of recent years have affected and will continue to influence the American Jewish population. These include issues surrounding education, assimilation and revitalization, relationships with other religious communities, anti-Semitism and generational change. Of enormous historical value, American Jewry's Challenge serves as a time capsule capturing American Jewry at the dawn of the 21st century.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-01-26
Mått154 x 228 x 24 mm
Vikt463 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742542839

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Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld is a leading expert on Judaism and the environment. He lectures and publishes extensively on the subject, internationally and in Israel. Dr. Gerstenfeld has an extensive background in Jewish public affairs. He is chairman of the steering committee of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, is co-chair of the Judaism Task Force of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, co-publisher of the Jerusalem Letter/Viewpoints and co-publisher of Jewish Environmental Perspectives.

Chapter 1 AcknowledgementsChapter 2 ForewordChapter 3 American Jewry after Recent Mega-EventsPart 4 InterviewsChapter 5 Norman Podhoretz: Countervailing Trends in American JewryChapter 6 Alan Dershowitz: Unprepared Jewish Leadership and Radical ChangeChapter 7 Gray Rosenblatt: Change and PerplexityChapter 8 David Harris: Confronting Existential QuestionsChapter 9 Malcolm Hoenlein: A Community Seeking Unity through ConsensusChapter 10 Stuart Eizenstat: The Activism of American Jews and RestitutionChapter 11 Abraham Foxman: The Resuscitation of Anti-SemitismChapter 12 Marvin Hier: Building a Major Organization from ScratchChapter 13 Daniel Pipes: The End of American Jewry's Golden EraChapter 14 Shoshana Cardin: Community versus IndividualismChapter 15 Rela Mintz Geffen: Sociological Changes in the CommunityChapter 16 David Ellenson: New Concepts for Teaching Reform RabbisChapter 17 Ismar Schorsch: Indicators of Spiritual RenaissanceChapter 18 Norman Lamm: Changes in Modern OrthodoxyChapter 19 Richard Joel: Revitalizing HillelChapter 20 Carole Solomon: National and International ResponsibilitiesChapter 21 Mark Charendoff: At the Core of the Funding RevolutionChapter 22 AfterwordChapter 23 IndexChapter 24 About the Contributors and IntervieweesChapter 25 About the Author