Sundays at Sinai
Subtitle: a Jewish congregation in Chicago
By: Tobias Brinkmann
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780226074542
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Chicago Sinai Congregation; Reform Judaism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Founding and early development; title: Jacob and his sons; title: Origins and founding; title: Fighting for emancipation; title: A step too far? the introduction of Sunday services at Sinai; title: Felix Adler comes to Chicago; title: Social justice and civic action; title: Emil G. Hirsch and the transformation of Sinai; title: Bildung versus 'ghetto'; title: Spiritual leader and employee?; title: The beginnings of a Jewish-Christian dialogue; title: "Institutional synagogue"; title: Building bridges; title: Decline and renaissance; title: Falling behind; title: Epilogue.