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To Be a Jew in the Free World, Lesson 3: Doing it My Way

Rabbi Shraga Sherman
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Lesson Three: Judaism of our Choosing 
The failed attempt to establish a chief rabbi in New York in the 1890s demonstrated the weakness of the modern Jewish community structure. This lesson explores how the lack of top-down organization in the Jewish community and new-world individualism combine to challenge and empower individuals to choose to participate in Jewish life.

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Scholars: Rabbi Shraga Sherman
Video title: To Be a Jew in the Free World, Lesson 3: Doing it My Way
Category: In Depth, Modern, Text Base Class
Series: To be a Jew in the Free World
Views: 973
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