conversion, law, and policymaking in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Orthodox responsa /
David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis
Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2012]
x, 206 pages ;
24 cm
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index
Introduction : Who is a Jew? What is a Jew? : Jewish identity, Jewish status, and the challenge of conversion -- Conversion in Jewish tradition : an introduction to the classical sources -- Trends in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century German Orthodox responses to conversion and intermarriage -- Hungarian and Central European writings on conversion and intermarriage -- Europe and the United States in the modern period -- Israel : conversion to Judaism in a Jewish society