Modern Orthodoxy in American Judaism : the Era of Rabbi Leo Jung

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Label

Modern Orthodoxy in American Judaism : the Era of Rabbi Leo Jung

Title remainder

the Era of Rabbi Leo Jung

Creator

• Maxine Jacobson

Subject

• Electronic books
• History
• Jung, Leo, 1892-1987
• Jung, Leo, 1892-1987
• Orthodox Judaism
• Orthodox Judaism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Orthodoxes Judentum
• RELIGION / Judaism / General
• United States
• 1900-1999

Genre

• History
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

This work presents the issues of Modern Orthodox Judaism in America, from the decades of the twenties to the sixties, by looking at the activities of one of its leaders, Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung, pulpit rabbi, community leader and writer, whose career spanned over sixty years, beginning in the 1920s. Jung is a fulcrum around which many issues are explored. Rabbi Jung's path crossed with some of the most interesting people of his time. He worked with Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, with Albert Einstein to promote Yeshiva College, with Herman Wouk, American author and Pulitzer Prize winner, and with Pearl Buck, a Nobel Prize laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner. Modern Orthodoxy went from being a threatened entity on the American scene to a well- recognized and respected force in Judaism. Orthodoxy, at first, was seen as alien to the American environment. Marshall Sklare ,perhaps the most influential exponent of this notion, wrote in the 1950s that the history of Orthodoxy in America could be written in terms of a case study of institutional decay. He realized the errors of his ways in the 1970s. This is the story of the renaissance of American Modern Orthodoxy, from the disorganization of the older Orthodoxy to the new spirit of confidence that emerged after World War Two. The phenomenon of Modern Orthodoxy is examined in the context of Orthodox invigoration and change. This book has relevance for further studies in various areas. It is part of the study of religious acculturation, of the conflict between tradition and modernity and of religious reinvigoration in a secular society

Member of

• Studies in Orthodox Judaism

Cataloging source

IDEBK

Dewey number

296.092

Index

no index present

LC call number

BM755.J86

LC item number

J33 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Studies in Orthodox Judaism