Publication

1999 - AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

65,500 words, Guess

Page Count

262 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing2887884
  • Goodreads147978

Classifications

  • DDC296/.09795/41
  • LCCBM223.O7 Z83 1999

Description

For more than forty years there was a single synagogue in the quiet town of Willamette, Oregon. But then disagreements over gender roles, homosexuality, Israeli politics, and other issues tore the synagogue in two. Where there was once one Jewish community under one roof, there are now two hostile congregations - one liberal Reconstructivist, one conservative Orthodoxacross the street from one another. Through a year as a participant in both congregations and in-depth interviews, Zuckerman tells the mesmerizing story of this religious schism. Strife in the Sanctuary then contemplates why religious groups split apart and how religious symbols come to mean different things for different groups.

Subjects

Topics

JudaismHistoryRelationsSynagoguesMembershipOrthodox JudaismNontraditional Jews

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Other Editions

  • Strife in the sanctuary: religious schism in a Jewish communityAltaMira Press1999-01-01

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