Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity [electronic resource] : Seven Twentieth-Century Converts / Shalom Goldman.

"Seven twentieth-century converts contends that in the twentieth century the borders dividing the Jewish and Christian faiths have, for many people, become fluid. But it is not only the borders that have changed, but also the very natures of modern forms of Judaism and Christianity that have been tr...

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Main Author: Goldman, Shalom (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
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Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity: Seven Twentieth-Century Converts
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Who is a Jew?
  • The Conversions of Ruth Ben David (1920-2000)
  • Jean-Marie Lustiger, the Jewish Cardinal (1926-2007)
  • Donato Manduzio and the converts of San Nicandro: A Group conversion to Judaism in 1930s Italy (Donato Manduzio, 1885-1948)
  • Happy about His conversion, miserable about his apostasy: The 1945 apostasy of Rabbi Zolli Revisited (Israel Zolli, 1881-1956)
  • Ruth From The Banks of the Volga : Elisheva Bikhovsky (Elizaveta Ivanova Zhirkova, 1888-1949)
  • Apostasy and citizenship: the case of Brother Daniel (Oswald Rufeisen, 1922-1998)
  • Moishe Rosen, Founder of Jews For Jesus (1932-2010)