{"product_id":"who-rules-the-synagogue-religious-authority-and-the-formation-of-american-judaism-9780190490270","title":"Who Rules the Synagogue?: Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the American Jewish Studies cateogry of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly in the 1800s, American Jews consciously excluded rabbinic forces from playing a role in their community's development. By the final decades of the century, ordained rabbis were in full control of America's leading synagogues and large sectors of American Jewish life. How did this shift occur? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho Rules the Synagogue?\u003c\/em\u003e explores how American Jewry in the nineteenth century was transformed from a lay dominated community to one whose leading religious authorities were rabbis. Zev Eleff traces the history of this revolution, culminating in the Pittsburgh rabbinical conference of 1885 and the\u003cbr\u003ecommotion caused by it. Previous scholarship has chartered the religious history of American Judaism during this era, but Eleff reinterprets this history through the lens of religious authority. In so doing, he offers a fresh view of the story of American Judaism with the aid of never-before-mined\u003cbr\u003esources and a comprehensive review of periodicals and newspapers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleff weaves together the significant episodes and debates that shaped American Judaism during this formative period, and places this story into the larger context of American religious history and modern Jewish history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zev Eleff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190490270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZev Eleff\u003c\/strong\u003e is Chief Academic Officer of Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, IL. He earned his PhD in the field of American Jewish history at Brandeis University. Eleff is the author or editor of six books and more than thirty scholarly articles, and his most recent publication is \u003cem\u003eModern Orthodox\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eJudaism: A Documentary History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929202376819,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":102.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_561b98d6-32cb-4e35-b520-1fd3e1ec886a.jpg?v=1647611216","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/who-rules-the-synagogue-religious-authority-and-the-formation-of-american-judaism-9780190490270","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}