4. The Genesis of the American Council for Judaism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. PART I: A TURNING POINT
5. 1. The Kishinev Pogrom of 1903 1
6. PART II: IN THE LAND OF PROMISE
7. 2. Abraham Isaac Selmanovitz: Guardian of Tradition 43
8. 3. The “Jewish Seat” of Justice Felix Frankfurter 75
9. 4. The Genesis of the American Council for Judaism 115
10. 5. The Jewish Times of Arthur Hays Sulzberger 143
11. PART III: IN THE PROMISED LAND
12. 6. The Silences of Bialik 185
13. 7. A Lost Opportunity for Orthodoxy 221
14. 8. Haim Arlosoroff ’s Murder and Israel’s Political Divide 261
15. 9. Shlomo Ben-Yosef: From a British Gallows to Israel’s Pantheon to Obscurity 311
16. Bibliography 357
17. Index 385