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• catalog abstract "Historians have long debated whether the mid-nineteenth century American synagogue was transplanted from Central Europe or represented an indigenous phenomenon. Alternatives to Assimilation examines the Reform movement in American Judaism from 1840 to 1930 in an attempt to settle this issue. Alan Silverstein describes the emergence of organizational innovations such as youth groups, sisterhoods, brotherhoods, a professionalized rabbinate, a rabbinical college, and a national congregational body as evidence of Jews responding uniquely to American culture, in a fashion parallel to innovations in American Protestant churches. Silverstein places the developments he traces within the context of American religious and cultural history. He notes the shifting roles of American women, children, and ethnic groups as well as America's changing receptivity to trans-Atlantic cultural influences. He also utilizes census records, as well as congregational and national archives, in synthesizing a view of the Reform movement from its local temples and nationwide organizations. By offering a viable response to American culture's rampant secularization and to its pressure on Jews to relinquish their distinctive traditions and commitments, the Reform movement also inspired emerging Conservative and Orthodox Jewish movements to offer their own constituents tangible institutional alternatives to assimilation.".
• catalog contributor b6538788.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "Historians have long debated whether the mid-nineteenth century American synagogue was transplanted from Central Europe or represented an indigenous phenomenon. Alternatives to Assimilation examines the Reform movement in American Judaism from 1840 to 1930 in an attempt to settle this issue. Alan Silverstein describes the emergence of organizational innovations such as youth groups, sisterhoods, brotherhoods, a professionalized rabbinate, a rabbinical college, and a national congregational body as evidence of Jews responding uniquely to American culture, in a fashion parallel to innovations in American Protestant churches.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-263) and index.".
• catalog description "Silverstein places the developments he traces within the context of American religious and cultural history. He notes the shifting roles of American women, children, and ethnic groups as well as America's changing receptivity to trans-Atlantic cultural influences. He also utilizes census records, as well as congregational and national archives, in synthesizing a view of the Reform movement from its local temples and nationwide organizations. By offering a viable response to American culture's rampant secularization and to its pressure on Jews to relinquish their distinctive traditions and commitments, the Reform movement also inspired emerging Conservative and Orthodox Jewish movements to offer their own constituents tangible institutional alternatives to assimilation.".
• catalog description "pt. 1. 1840-1880 Anglo-American Influences. 1. Local Synagogues as Voluntary Associations. 2. A National Religious Union: The First Decade of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations -- pt. 2. 1880-1900 German Influences. 3. Expanded Roles for the Local Temple. 4. The UAHC: From Comprehensive Religious Union to Distinctively Reform Movement -- pt. 3. 1900-1930 American Corporate Culture. 5. Further Americanization of the Local Reform Temple. 6. American Corporate Culture Prevails.".
• catalog extent "x, 275 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Alternatives to assimilation.".
• catalog identifier "0874516943".
• catalog isFormatOf "Alternatives to assimilation.".
• catalog isPartOf "Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Hanover : Published by University Press of New England [for] Brandeis University Press,".
• catalog relation "Alternatives to assimilation.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "296.8/346/0973 20".
• catalog subject "BM197 .S49 1994".
• catalog subject "Jews Cultural assimilation United States.".
• catalog subject "Reform Judaism United States History.".
• catalog subject "Synagogues United States Organization and administration Case studies.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. 1840-1880 Anglo-American Influences. 1. Local Synagogues as Voluntary Associations. 2. A National Religious Union: The First Decade of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations -- pt. 2. 1880-1900 German Influences. 3. Expanded Roles for the Local Temple. 4. The UAHC: From Comprehensive Religious Union to Distinctively Reform Movement -- pt. 3. 1900-1930 American Corporate Culture. 5. Further Americanization of the Local Reform Temple. 6. American Corporate Culture Prevails.".
• catalog title "Alternatives to assimilation : the response of Reform Judaism to American culture, 1840-1930 / Alan Silverstein.".
• catalog type "Case studies. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".