What the Rabbis Said: The Public Discourse of 19th Century American Rabbis Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

Jan Willem Tulp

Over the past sixty years

Volume 2 presents translations of the commentary by Asvabhāva and an anonymous Indian commentary on the first chapter of the text

What the Rabbis Said: The Public Discourse of 19th Century American Rabbis Santa BarbaraAuthor: Naomi W. Cohen Category: Nonfiction Language: English Publisher: NYU Press Publication date: May 17, 2008 What the Rabbis Said examines a relatively unexplored facet of the rich social history of nineteenth century American Jews. Based on sources that have heretofore been largely neglected, it traces the sermons and other public statements of rabbis, both Traditionalists and Reformers, on a host of matters that engaged the Jewish community