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Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago

Tobias Brinkmann

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Description:First established 150 years ago, Chicago Sinai is one of AmericaOCOs 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 the giant meatpacking firm Morris & Co. As explicitly modern Jews, SinaiOCOs members supported and led civic institutions and participated actively in Chicago politics. Perhaps most radically, their Sunday services, introduced in 1874 and still celebrated today, became a hallmark of the congregation.In "Sundays at Sinai," Tobias Brinkmann brings modern Jewish history, immigration, urban history, and religious history together to trace the roots of radical Reform Judaism from across the Atlantic to this rapidly growing American metropolis. aBrinkmann shines a light on the development of an urban reform congregation, illuminating Chicago SinaiOCOs practices and history, and its contribution to Christian-Jewish dialogue in the United States. Chronicling Chicago SinaiOCOs radical beginnings in antebellum Chicago to the present, "Sundays at Sinai" is the extraordinary story of a leading Jewish Reform congregation in one of AmericaOCOs great cities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago. To get started finding Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 382

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226074560

Description: First established 150 years ago, Chicago Sinai is one of AmericaOCOs 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 the giant meatpacking firm Morris & Co. As explicitly modern Jews, SinaiOCOs members supported and led civic institutions and participated actively in Chicago politics. Perhaps most radically, their Sunday services, introduced in 1874 and still celebrated today, became a hallmark of the congregation.In "Sundays at Sinai," Tobias Brinkmann brings modern Jewish history, immigration, urban history, and religious history together to trace the roots of radical Reform Judaism from across the Atlantic to this rapidly growing American metropolis. aBrinkmann shines a light on the development of an urban reform congregation, illuminating Chicago SinaiOCOs practices and history, and its contribution to Christian-Jewish dialogue in the United States. Chronicling Chicago SinaiOCOs radical beginnings in antebellum Chicago to the present, "Sundays at Sinai" is the extraordinary story of a leading Jewish Reform congregation in one of AmericaOCOs great cities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago. To get started finding Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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