Sundays at Sinai : a Jewish congregation in Chicago /

First established 150 years ago, Chicago Sinai is one of America & rsquo;s oldest Reform Jewish congregations. Its founders were upwardly mobile and civically committed men and women, founders and partners of banks and landmark businesses like Hart Schaffner & Marx, Sears & Roebuck, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brinkmann, Tobias
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Founding and early development
  • Jacob and his sons
  • Origins and founding
  • Fighting for emancipation
  • A step too far? the introduction of Sunday services at Sinai
  • Felix Adler comes to Chicago
  • Social justice and civic action
  • Emil G. Hirsch and the transformation of Sinai
  • Bildung versus 'ghetto'
  • Spiritual leader and employee?
  • The beginnings of a Jewish-Christian dialogue
  • "Institutional synagogue"
  • Building bridges
  • Decline and renaissance
  • Falling behind
  • Epilogue.