Kimmy Caplan. Orthodoxy in the New World: Immigrant Rabbis and Preaching in America (1881-1924). Jerusalem: Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, 2002. 395 pp. (Hebrew)
In the concluding pages of Kimmy Caplan's book, the author asks his ultimate question: “Did the Immigrant rabbis and preachers succeed?” (p. 312) To achieve success, in the eyes of Caplan, is to stimulate an emotionally charged response or to generate a change in perspective or action.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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AJS review
Year: 2003, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 346-347 |
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| Summary: | In the concluding pages of Kimmy Caplan's book, the author asks his ultimate question: “Did the Immigrant rabbis and preachers succeed?” (p. 312) To achieve success, in the eyes of Caplan, is to stimulate an emotionally charged response or to generate a change in perspective or action. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S036400940336012X |