The Problem of the Modern Orthodox Rabbinate
Montreal's Vaad Harabbonim at Mid-Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3941315 |
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| Authors | Steven Lapidu, Steven Lapidus (Concordia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 351-364 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0008429811410824 |
| OpenAlex | W2028201426 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The postwar years brought demographic expansion to Montreal's Jewish community, including residential mobility into new neighbourhoods. These growing suburban Jewish communities engaged young, English-speaking and mostly American rabbis for their congregations. Not surprisingly, the arrival of several of these Modern Orthodox rabbis at mid-century was not unnoticed by the established, mostly eastern European, members of Montreal's Rabbinical Council. Typically at this period, many European rabbis were sceptical of their American-trained colleagues' authenticity, knowledge and capability. Montreal was no exception. Using archival documents, this article examines the tensions in mid-century Montreal between the rabbis of the Yiddish-speaking Vaad Harabbonim and the freshly-minted Modern Orthodox rabbis of the next generation
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| Highly cited | No |
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