{"product_id":"pledges-of-jewish-allegiance-david-ellenson-9780804778053","title":"Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the late 1700s, when the Jewish community ceased to be a semiautonomous political unit in Western Europe and the United States and individual Jews became integrated--culturally, socially, and politically--into broader society, questions surrounding Jewish status and identity have occupied a prominent and contentious place in Jewish legal discourse. This book examines a wide array of legal opinions written by nineteenth- and twentieth-century orthodox rabbis in Europe, the United States, and Israel. It argues that these rabbis' divergent positions--based on the same legal precedents--demonstrate that they were doing more than delivering legal opinions. Instead, they were crafting public policy for Jewish society in response to Jews' social and political interactions as equals with the non-Jewish persons in whose midst they dwelled. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Pledges of Jewish Allegiance\u003c\/i\u003e prefaces its analysis of modern opinions with a discussion of the classical Jewish sources upon which they draw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Ellenson, Daniel Gordis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804778051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804778053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Finalist","brand":"David Ellenson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947221942527,"sku":"9780804778053","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_da067213-95c1-4ef8-91ed-971df7adc390.jpg?v=1681517446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pledges-of-jewish-allegiance-david-ellenson-9780804778053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}