Contents; Symposium: Who Owns Judaism? Public Religion and Private Faith in America and Israel; Introduction: The "Problem of Judaism" Today--Beyond Assimilation and Nationalism; Who Has the Right to Change Tradition? Evolving Conceptions of Religious Authority and Their Implications for the Jewish People; Modernists vs. Traditionalists: Competition and Legitimacy within American ConservativeJudaism; Judaism, Exile, and the State of Israel in Postwar American Jewish Theological Discourse; Uzi Meshulam's "Mishkan Ohalim": A Contemporary Apocalyptic Messianic Sect in Israel
Beyond Wissenschaft: The Resurrection of Resurrection in Jewish Thought Since 1950Religiosity and Ethnicity: Jewish Identity Trends in the United States; Women's Transformations of Public Judaism: Religiosity, Egalitarianism, and the Symbolic Power of Changing Gender Roles; Judaism Resurgent? American Jews and the Evolving Expression of Jewish Values and Jewish Identity in Modern American Life; Essay; Frankfurter among the An
Summary
Bringing together contributions from scholars as well as younger academics, Volume XVII of 'Studies in Contemporary Jewry' considers the ways in which theological writings, sweeping social changes, individual or small-group needs, and intra-communal diversity have re-energised Judaism even amidst secular trends in America and Israel
