Building Communities

Adam Mintz

ISBN 13: 9798887190822

Published by Academic Studies Press Jan 2023, 2023

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Jewish law forbids carrying objects between private or public areas on the Sabbath. However, rabbinic authorities deemed carrying permissible within a physical enclosure called an eruv. This book explores the rabbinic debates surrounding the creation of such enclosures in North American cities and examines the evolution of American Orthodox communities from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s. The earliest debates reflect a community with low religious observance and weak ties to local government that relied on European rabbis for authority. By the mid-twentieth century, these rabbinic disputes reveal an established, religiously observant community forming its own traditions.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 186 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building Communities
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press Jan 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798887190822
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 15D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 449 grams

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Synopsis

Jewish law forbids carrying objects between private or public areas on the Sabbath. However, rabbinic authorities deemed carrying permissible within a physical enclosure called an eruv. This book explores the rabbinic debates surrounding the creation of such enclosures in North American cities and examines the evolution of American Orthodox communities from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s. The earliest debates reflect a community with low religious observance and weak ties to local government that relied on European rabbis for authority. By the mid-twentieth century, these rabbinic disputes reveal an established, religiously observant community forming its own traditions.

About the Author

Adam Mintz is a rabbi and scholar in New York. He is the rabbi and founder of Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim, a Modern Orthodox community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and a member of the Talmud faculty at Maharat, an Orthodox women’s rabbinical seminary. He has lectured and published on a wide variety of topics and focuses on the legal history and culture of the Jewish community. He is married to Sharon and they have three children and two grandchildren.