The Jews in the Center: Conservative Synagogues and Their Members

Book Overview

Why do well-educated, highly Americanized, and financially secure Jews join a synagogue and participate in its religious life? This study of Conservative Jews examines the largest movement of synagogue-affiliated Jews in the United States, a group that outnumbers the combined membership of Reform and Orthodox congregations and a population that adheres to a centrist version of Judaism. The scholars who contribute to this study ask a series of provocative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813528216
• ISBN13: 9780813528212
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.6"