Leaving the jewish fold: conversion and radical assimilation in modern jewish history
Auteur :
Endelman, Todd
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691004792
Date de publication :
22 févr. 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
726 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Between the French Revolution and World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jews left the Jewish fold--by becoming Christians or, in liberal states, by intermarrying. Telling the stories of both famous and obscure individuals, Leaving the Jewish Fold explores the nature of this drift and defection from Judaism in Europe and America from the eighteenth