Title: Who rules the synagogue? : religious authority and the formation of American Judaism /
Authors: Eleff, Zev
Year: 2016
Subjects: Synagogues United States History; Judaism United States History; Rabbis Office History; Judaism; Rabbis Office; United States
Abstract: 'Who Rules the Synagogue?' explores how American Jewry in the nineteenth century transformed from a lay dominated community to one whose leading religious authorities were rabbis.
Contents: Part I. The laity (1816-1845) -- Chapter 1. A great aversion to priestly domination -- Part II. Intruders (1845-1860) -- Chapter 2. Clericalism -- Chapter 3. Textualism -- Part III. Interlude (1860-1869) -- Chapter 4. Changing currents -- Part IV. The rabbinate (1870-1885) -- Chapter V. Clericalism -- Chapter 6. Textualism.