Taking hold of Torah
Subtitle: Jewish commitment and community in American
By: Arnold M. Eisen.
Series: The Helen and Martin Schwartz lectures in Jewish studies
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Judaism -- 20th century.; Judaism -- United States.; Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
Description: Jews, like other Americans, have both benefited and suffered from the fraying of traditional loyalties that has come to characterize modern American culture. In Taking Hold of Torah Arnold M. Eisen offers a personal plea for - and a vision of - the revitalizing of American Judaism through a renewed relationship to Jewish tradition and the strengthening of Jewish communities.

Drawing from the author's own experience both as a scholar of modern Judaism and as a modern American Jew, each of the five chapters in the book examines a major issue or theme related to this vision of renewal - in terms of one of the five books of the Torah. This encouraging work is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of Jewish faith and the future of Judaism in America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.