| Hats in the Ring: Choosing Britain's Chief Rabbis from Adler to Sacks Contributor(s): Persoff, Meir (Author) |
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ISBN: 1618111779 ISBN-13: 9781618111777 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $103.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
| Dewey: 296.67 |
| LCCN: 2013000178 |
| Series: Judaism and Jewish Life |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.50 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Prior to the latest Chief Rabbinical selection process, seven eminent rabbis were appointed to British Jewry's highest ecclesiastical post, although only six were installed and saw out their terms of office. The manner of their appointment was invariably coloured by intrigue, in-fighting and a host of other influences, not least an increasingly potent input by the dayanim of the London Beth Din, themselves not immune to strategic self-interest. Meir Persoff's scholarly yet accessible account of these seven appointments draws on a wealth of hitherto unaccessed and unpublished material, and on the stories of many of the protagonists involved, including in fascinating detail those who, by fair means and foul, failed to gain (or chose to reject) the coveted prize. |