RABBIS AND LAWYERS : THE JOURNEY FROM TORAH TO CONSTITUTION.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press. 1990. Item #20698
8vo. Xix, 249 pages. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – cultural assimilation – United States; Jews – United States – identity; Judaism – United States; Jewish lawyers – United States – political activity; United States – ethnic relations. CONTENTS: American Zion; The rule of sacred law; Prophetic justice; Emancipation: the disintegration of Jewish legal authority; The authority of tradition: Solomon Schechter and Louis Marshall; Louis D. Brandeis: Zionism as Americanism; Isaiah's disciples: Julian Makc and Felix Frankfurter; Rabbi and lawyer: Stephen S. Wise, Joseph M. Proskauer, and the dilemmas of patriotism. ISBN: 0253310857. Has dust jacket. Fine condition. (RAB-28-15).
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