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Publisher
University Press of New England [for] Brandeis University Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
These selections, many available for the first time, span nearly three centuries and examine themes such as the centrality of family life, the pain of uprooting from established communities, collision between tradition and assimilation, roles and relationships of men and women, and the toxicity of self-hatred. Informed by sources ranging from biblical literature to historical events, oral traditions, classical poetics, the beat generation, and post-modern...
Author
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"[This book] examines the lives, legal careers, and legacies of the eight Jews who have served or who currently serve as justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Felix Frankfurter, Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Elena Kagan. David Dalin discusses the relationship that these Jewish justices have had with the presidents who appointed them, and given the judges' Jewish background,...
Author
Publisher
[Published for] Brandeis University Press by University Press of New England
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
This book established a fresh approach to understanding American Jewish life. Jick looks to the synagogue as the institution which best reflects changing currents of American Jewish history, Using a wealth of sources including diaries, speeches, letters, and congregational and communal histories, he shows that the middle of the nineteenth century was a formative period for American Judaism. He makes a powerful case for Reform Judaism as a pragmatic...
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