{"product_id":"jewish-meaning-in-a-world-of-choice-studies-in-tradition-and-modernity-volume-9-9780827612143","title":"Jewish Meaning in a World of Choice: Studies in Tradition and Modernity Volume 9","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternationally recognized scholar David Ellenson shares twenty-three of his most representative essays, drawing on three decades of scholarship and demonstrating the consistency of the intellectual-religious interests that have animated him throughout his lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays center on a description and examination of the complex push and pull between Jewish tradition and Western culture. Ellenson addresses gender equality, women's rights, conversion, issues relating to who is a Jew, the future of the rabbinate, Jewish day schools, and other emerging trends in American Jewish life. As an outspoken advocate for a strong Israel that is faithful to the democratic and Jewish values that informed its founders, he also writes about religious tolerance and pluralism in the Jewish state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe former president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the primary seminary of the Reform movement, Ellenson is widely respected for his vision of advancing Jewish unity and of preparing leadership for a contemporary Judaism that balances tradition with the demands of a changing world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars and students of Jewish religious thought, ethics, and modern Jewish history will welcome this erudite collection by one of today's great Jewish leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Ellenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewish Publication Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.38w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780827612143\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Ellenson is chancellor of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. His book \u003ci\u003eAfter Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Jewish Book Council's Award as the outstanding book in Jewish thought in 2005. His most recent book, coauthored with Daniel Gordis, is \u003ci\u003ePledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42935369597043,"sku":"9.78083E+12","price":74.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1ef8f59b-e16e-4eac-a162-daf2c51ee45c.jpg?v=1742909032","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/jewish-meaning-in-a-world-of-choice-studies-in-tradition-and-modernity-volume-9-9780827612143","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}