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[Ben48]
Bentwich, Norman. Solomon Schechter. Jewish Publication
Society, Philadelphia PA. 1948. Out of Print.
[Carxx]
Cardin, Nina Beth; Silverman, David Wolf. The Seminary at 100:
Reflections on the Jewish Theological Seminary and the
Conservative Movement. United Synagogue Book Service; 1987.
Hardcover. ISBN 0-916219-04-6. [A collection of papers by over
fifty scholars, rabbis and lay leaders, who offer their
insights and reflections on the Jewish Theological Seminary:
its contributions and character, its mystique and its mission.]
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[Dav63]
Davis, Moshe. The Emergence of Conservative Judaism: The
Historical School in 19th Century America. Jewish Publication
Society, Philadelphia PA. 1963. Out of Print
[Dor77]
Dorff, Eliot M. Conservative Judaism: Our Ancestors to Our
Descendents. United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New
York. 1997. [An authoritative sourcebook on the origins and
philosophy of the Conservative Movement. Objectively covers the
development of Judaism from the time of the Torah to the
enlightenment, and discusses the theology and philosophy of the
Jewish movements that developed in response to the modern age:
Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism.]
[Eis80]
Eisenberg, Azriel. Fill a Blank Page: A Biography of Solomon
Schechter. United Synagogue Book Service; 1980. Hardcover. ISBN
0-838107-30-3.
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[Gil96]
Gillman, Neil. Conservative Judaism: The New Century. Behrman
House; 1996. Paperback. ISBN 0-874415-47-0. [Through history,
photographs, and personal recollection, this book recreates the
history of the Conservative movement. Written from an insider's
perspective, this book explores the history and ideology behind
the development of the modern Jewish movements. It then
discusses the key issues, that have forced the Movement to come
to terms with its identity, such as: The struggle to create a
modern form of traditional Jewish law, the demand to ordain
women as rabbis, pressure to accept homosexual rabbis, and the
recognition that much of its membership is largely unobservant.
Also looks at the movement's relationship with the state of
Israel.]
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[Kar64]
Karp, Abraham J. A History of the United Synagoges of America:
1913-1963, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New York.
1964. Out of Print
[Par64]
Parzen, Herbert. Architects of Conservative Judaism Jonathan
David, New York. 1964. Out of Print
[Wax98]
Waxman, Mordecai (ed). Tradition and Change: The Development of
Conservative Judaism. United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism,
New York. 1998. [Includes statements by the founders and
leading spokesmen of the Conservative movement. Includes a
number of famous rabbinic responsa dealing with the use of
electricity and automobiles on the Sabbath.]
[Wer97]
Wertheimer, Jack (ed). Tradition Renewed: A History of the
Jewish Theological Seminary. JTS Publications; 1997. Hardcover.
Volumes I and II. ISBN 0-873340-75-2. [Comprising new studies
written by scholars from institutions of higher learning
throughout the United States, Canada, and Israel, and richly
illustrated, "Tradition Renewed" offers a dispassionate and
analytical history of the Jewish Theological Seminary from its
founding in 1886 to the conclusion of the administration of
Gerson D. Cohen, a century later.]
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