The myth of the cultural Jew : culture and law in Jewish tradition /
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015
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Table of Contents:
- The myth of the cultural Jew
- Culture, law, and the development of Jewish tradition
- Origins and development of Jewish law: a top-down view
- The norms of Jewish law observance: a bottom-up view
- The birth of Jewish denominations in modernity and their divergent views on Jewish law
- Foundational conflicts: "who is a Jew" and Sabbath laws
- Homosexuality
- Women and synagogue ritual
- The State of Israel's role in forging Jewish law and culture in the post-Holocaust era
- Jewish identity in the United States
- The lessons of cultural analysis