ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

AMERICA, THEOLOGY AND HALAKHAH

Leonard Kravitz

AUTONOMY, HALAKHAH , AND MITZVAH: ONLY IN AMERICA

Peter Knobel

THE CASE OF FEMINISM- MECHANISMS OF CHANGE From Europe to America

Walter Jacob

JEWS AND THE AMERICAN FUNERAL

Ruth Langer

THE RELIGIOUS DUTIES OF WOMEN AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN RELIGIOUS SERVICES( Hebrew ) Samuel Adler

CONTRIBUTORS

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