Persian American Jewry at a Crossroads : Will the Traditions Continue?

ISBN-13: 9783639119794 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 108 str.

Michael Reichel

Opis

While serving as the Principal at the North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School, Rabbi Dr. Michael Reichel developed an intimate working relationship with the Persian communities in Great Neck and Queens, New York. It was through this contact with many Persian families that he decided to delve into the Persian history and culture and how it related to their attitudes toward Jewish life and education. Rabbi Dr. Michael Reichel presents a ground-breaking, thoroughly researched history of the beginning of Jewish settlement in Persia to the present. This book also provides a much anticipated examination of the differences in attitudes and behaviors related to education, background, practices, and values of Persian American Jewry. Valuable insights are also provided into many faces of Persian American Jewish culture and religious practice. Professor Amnon Netzer, Iranian Studies atHebrew University states, Very interesting apioneering study in this specific field. Dr. William Helmreich, Professor of Sociology andJudaic Studies at CUNY praises the work as, Anexcellent, important, pioneering work the firstempirical study ever of this community.

O autorze

Rabbi Dr. Michael Reichel received his B.A., M.A., and Doctorate
from the Azrieli Graduate School of YU and was ordained from
the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of YU. While
Principal of a Middle School in New York he became
involved in the Persian community. He is now Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Shvilei Hatorah in Jerusalem.