American Rabbis, Second Edition

This book is a broad-brush approach describing the realities of life in the American rabbinate. Factual portrayals are supplemented by examples drawn from fiction--primarily novels and short stories. Chapters include:♣Rabbinic Training ♣Congregational Rabbis and Their Communities ♣Congregants' Views of Their Rabbis♣Women Rabbis [also including examples from TV and Cinema]♣Assimilation, Intermarriage, Patrilineality, and Human Sexuality♣God, Israel, and TraditionThis book draws upon sociological