We Shall Build Anew - Stephen S. Wise, the Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Reinvention of American Liberal Judaism

About the author

Shirley Idelson is Leon A. Jick Director of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University. She served as dean of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion from 2007 to 2016, and she is coeditor of Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation.

Summary

Explores how Rabbi Stephen S. Wise entirely changed the trajectory of American Reform Judaism over the course of the twentieth century and well into the twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Shirley Idelson
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2022
• EAN: 9780817321314
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2131-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 161 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 582 g
• Illustrations: 14 b&w figures
• Series: Jews and Judaism: History and; Jews and Judaism: History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous