Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry (Jewish Communal and Public Affairs)
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Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry (Jewish Communal and Public Affairs)


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Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry (Jewish Communal and Public Affairs)

Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry (Jewish Communal and Public Affairs)

Product Group: Book
Publisher: Jewish Pubn Society (1995-10)
ISBN: 0827605196
EAN: 9780827605190
Dewey Decimal #: 323.11924073
Hardcover: 494 pages
Edition: Rev Upd Su


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This revised and updated edition of Community and Polity examines the transformations taking place in local community federations and in the countrywide federation movement, the decline of the mass-based organizations, the shift in the forms and organization of Jewish education, the changes taking place in the synagogue movements, and the problems of Jewish unity generated by intermovement competition.


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Date: 2005-03-10


The late Daniel Elazar was one of the world's foremost students of Jewish communal and political life. In this comprehensive work he studies the American Jewish communities transformations in time. This is an essential work for anyone who wishes to understand the political and communal structure of American Jewish life.

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