Orthodoxy in American Jewish Life


 

Publication Date: January 1965

Publisher: American Jewish Committee

Author(s): Charles S. Liebman

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Religious Denominations; Communal Organization; Demography; Orthodox Judaism

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This essay is an effort to describe the communal aspects and institutional forms of Orthodox Judaism in the United States. For the most part, it ignores the doctrines, faith, and practices of Orthodox Jews, and barely touches upon synagogue life. It is hoped that the reader will find here some appreciation of the vitality of American Orthodoxy.

In American Jewish Yearbook 1965, pp. 21-98.