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Title Synagogues in a time of change : fragmentation and diversity in Jewish religious movements / Zachary I. Heller, editor
Published Herndon, Va. : The Alban Institute, c2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 266 p.)
Series Alban Institute
Alban Institute publication ; AL389
Contents The history and context of Jewish religious life in America -- Fragmentation or diversity? -- Prescriptions -- Personal reflections and community stories -- Independents and the transitional generation
Summary The synagogue remains a central institution in Jewish life as a place of study, worship, and assembly, but each day brings word of a new challenging development within each of the larger movements to which synagogues belong -- Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist. Jewish religious communities today share a number of challenges, from the increase in secular or unaffiliated Jews to emerging Jewish spiritual communities forming outside the synagogue. There has never been a more compelling need for a wide-ranging discussion of the diverse issues facing American Judaism. Brought to
Notes "Published by the Alban Insitute in cooperation with the National Center for Jewish Policy Studies and STAR (Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal)."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Judaism -- United States -- History
Jewish sects -- United States -- History
Synagogues -- United States -- History
Intergroup relations -- United States -- History
Jews -- United States -- Identity
Jewish sects -- History
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Intergroup relations
Jewish sects
Jews -- Identity
Judaism
Synagogues
Judaism -- United States -- History
Jewish sects -- United States -- History
Synagogues -- United States -- History
Intergroup relations -- United States -- History
Jews -- United States -- Identity
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Heller, Zachary I.
LC no. 2021680321
ISBN 9781566996433
1566996430