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Guidance, Not Governance: Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof and Reform Responsa (Monographs of the Hebrew Union College)
Joan S. Friedman
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Paperback. Finalist for the 2013 National Jewish Book Award. This pioneering study analyzes Freehof's responsa on a select number of topics that illustrate the evolution of American Reform Judaism in the second half of the twentieth century and assesses his role in guiding and shaping the movement. Series: Monographs of the Hebrew Union College. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
Solomon Bennett Freehof (1892-1990) was one of America's most distinguished, influential, and beloved rabbis. Ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1915, he was of the generation of rabbis from east European immigrant backgrounds who moved Reform Judaism away from its classical form toward a renewed appreciation of traditional practices. Freehof himself was less interested in restoring discarded rituals than in demonstrating how the Reform approach to Jewish religious practice was rooted in the Jewish legal tradition (halakhah). Opposed to any attempt to create a code of Reform practice, he nevertheless called for Reform Judaism to turn to the halakhah, not ... Read more
Solomon Bennett Freehof (1892-1990) was one of America's most distinguished, influential, and beloved rabbis. Ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1915, he was of the generation of rabbis from east European immigrant backgrounds who moved Reform Judaism away from its classical form toward a renewed appreciation of traditional practices. Freehof himself was less interested in restoring discarded rituals than in demonstrating how the Reform approach to Jewish religious practice was rooted in the Jewish legal tradition (halakhah). Opposed to any attempt to create a code of Reform practice, he nevertheless called for Reform Judaism to turn to the halakhah, not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Condition
New
Series
Monographs of the Hebrew Union College
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780822963219
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V9780822963219
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About Joan S. Friedman
Joan Friedman is Associate Professor of History and Religious Studies at The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, USA. She received her doctorate in Jewish history from Columbia University and her rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York.
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