Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
12-1994
Publication Information
18 Fellowship Cath. Scholars Newsl., no. 1, Dec. 1994, at 48 (book review).
Abstract
D. Dallin, Editor, American Jews and the Separationist Faith
David Dallin, an ordained rabbi and professor of American Jewish history at the University of Hartford, writes in his introduction to this important book, "American Jewry [no longer] speaks with one 'official' voice on the issues or religion and public life." [9] Dallin has been for several years at the center of an increasingly influential group of American Jews engaged in a "substantial reexamination" of the separationist faith. Other members of this group, all contributors to this volume, include Hadley Arkes, David Novak, Midge Decter, Marc Gellman, and Jerry Mueller. They have rejected what Richard Neuhaus calls the "naked public square." This "growing minority" (by Dallin's calculation) of American Jews has moved in a pro-religion or accommodationist direction.
Recommended Citation
Gerard V. Bradley,
American Jews and the Separationist Faith,
18 Fellowship Cath. Scholars Newsl., no. 1, Dec. 1994, at 48 (book review)..
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