What the rabbis said
Subtitle: the public discourse of nineteenth-century American rabbis
By: Naomi W. Cohen.
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780814716885
Subjects: Rabbis -- United States -- Office -- History -- 19th century; Jewish sermons, American -- History and criticism; Judaism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Jews -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Jews -- United States -- Identity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The muzzled rabbi; title: Codes to preach by: from the words of Sabato Morais; title: Heroes and villains; title: Meant for children; title: Rabbi versus rabbi: two modern disputations; title: Restoration to Palestine; title: Rabbis under attack: the case of Leo N. Levi; title: The new antisemitism; title: The world's parliament of religions; title: Building a profession.