Who Rules the Synagogue?
Subtitle: Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780190490270
Subjects: Judaism, history; Rabbis
Description: '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.