What the Rabbis Said: The Public Discourse of Nineteenth-Century American Rabbis

by Naomi W. Cohen

What the Rabbis Said examines a relatively unexplored facet of the rich social history of nineteenth-century American Jews. Based on sources that have heretofore been largely neglected, it traces the sermons and other public statements of rabbis, both Traditionalists and Reformers, on a host of matters that engaged the Jewish community before 1900.
Reminding the reader of the complexities and diversity that characterized the religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814716881
• ISBN13: 9780814716885
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"