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<p>Now in paperback!<br> Taking Hold of Torah Jewish Commitment and Community in America Arnold M. Eisen</p> <p>A personal meditation on the meaning of Judaism today and a vision for revitalizing Jewish community and tradition in America.</p> <p>"Arnold M. Eisen offers a personal plea for—and a vision of—the revitalizing of American Judaism through a renewed relationship to Jewish tradition and the strengthening of Jewish communities." —Jewish Book News</p> <p>"...required reading for Jewish communal professionals, [Taking Hold of Torah] spells out the discontents and dreams of the baby boomers and their children who are reinventing Jewish communal life for the modern world." —Jewish Exponent</p> <p>"Melding autobiography with biblical exegesis, philosophical speculation and a program for Jewish educational reform, the book is an unbuttoned riff on what's ailing modern Jews." —Forward</p> <p>"...a personal story of a modern Jew trying to make sense of Judaism in a time when Jews can choose whether and how to be Jewish...." —The Jewish Advocate</p> <p>Jews, like other Americans, have both benefitted and suffered from the fraying of traditional loyalties that has come to characterize

Author

Arnold M. Eisen

Publisher

Indiana University Press ; Combined Academic

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253213815

Subjects

Religion, Judaism, History