{"product_id":"pledges-of-jewish-allegiance-conversion-law-and-policymaking-in-nineteenth-and-twentieth-century-orthodox-responsa-hardcover","title":"Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Ellenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Gordis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 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--demonstrate that they were doing more than delivering legal opinions. Instead, they were crafting public policy for Jewish society in response to Jews' social and political interactions as equals with the non-Jewish persons in whose midst they dwelled. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Pledges of Jewish Allegiance\u003c\/i\u003e prefaces its analysis of modern opinions with a discussion of the classical Jewish sources upon which they draw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Ellenson, President and I. H. and Anna Grancell Professor of Jewish Religious Thought at Hebrew Union College-Jewish institute of Religion, is a distinguished rabbi, scholar, and leader of the Reform Movement. Daniel Gordis is President of the Shalem Foundation and Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. He is a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e and a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and was the founding dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Jewish Book Award (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52960236798259,"sku":"9780804778053","price":83.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/qgbLKi2oL89780804778053.webp?v=1768481676","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/pledges-of-jewish-allegiance-conversion-law-and-policymaking-in-nineteenth-and-twentieth-century-orthodox-responsa-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}