| Description |
x, 395 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 375-377. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. God and man: Jews: a singular confusion -- God: a singular condition -- 2. Bible and Talmud: Torah -- Study and the Talmud -- Talmud and David Weiss -- Law -- Responsa -- And more responsa -- 3. Ritual and custom: Festive round -- Orders from above -- A blessing -- Ask the rabbis -- A woman's place -- 4. Faith and fact: Faith in reason -- Faith revised -- Hasidism -- Harry A. Wolfson -- Salo W. Baron and Solomon Zeitlin -- At the seminary -- 5. Literature and language: Yiddish -- Hebrew dictionary -- Languages of the Jews -- Published word -- 6. Art and craft: Jewish authors -- Jewish artists -- Jonathan Miller and the arts -- 7. Sorrow and survival: Auschwitz -- Aharon Appelfeld -- 8. Diaspora and homeland: Jewish museums -- Jewish tours -- Promised land -- Kibbutz meeting -- Yeshayahu Leibowitz. |
| Subject |
Judaism.
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Judaism. |
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Jews -- Intellectual life.
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Jews -- Intellectual life. |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) |
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Israel.
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Israel. |
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Israel. |
| ISBN |
0385158114 |
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9780385158114 |
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