Rabbi Jacob Joseph, New York's Chief Rabbi: New perspectives
The religious history of Orthodox Jews in America during the mass immigration period has not received a great deal of attention in academic research. In 1955 Abraham J. Karp published an extensive and remarkable article on the events that brought Rabbi Jacob Joseph to be chosen as Chief Rabbi of sev...
| Subtitles: | הרב יעקב יוסף, הרב הכולל ליהודי ניו-יורק: היבטים חדשים |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Hebrew |
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College
1996
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| In: |
Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1996, Volume: 67, Pages: 1-43 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Modern age
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism TJ Modern history |
| Summary: | The religious history of Orthodox Jews in America during the mass immigration period has not received a great deal of attention in academic research. In 1955 Abraham J. Karp published an extensive and remarkable article on the events that brought Rabbi Jacob Joseph to be chosen as Chief Rabbi of several Orthodox congregations in New York. Rabbi Joseph arrived in New York in July 1888 and soon after his social, religious and physical situation gradually began to deteriorate — a process that led to his death fourteen years later, in July 1902. This article attempts to reexamine certain aspects of Rabbi Joseph's East-European background and his American experience and suggest a number of reasons that caused his failure in America. By analyzing new sources — some of which shed new light on those events which have been previously discussed — such as his sermons and the eulogies delivered after his death, we will present several new perspectives and details relating to Rabbi Joseph's personality, image and American experience. |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9049 |
| Contains: | In: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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