Authority and dissent in Jewish life [electronic resource] / editor, Leonard J. Greenspoon.

"Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, the Harris Center for Judaic Studies, and the Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, October 28-29, 2018"--1st preliminary page

Includes bibliographical references.

Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- Figurative Language of Authority and Rebellion in the Story of the Death of Rabbi Judah ben Bava / Chen Marx -- Midrash, Oral Law, and the Question of Rabbinic Authority / Azzan Yadin-Israel -- Dissenting Literature and Social Formation in the Antique Mediterranean / Zachary B. Smith -- When the Memory of David Is Not Enough to Authenticate the Temple in Jerusalem / Joel Gereboff -- From Acosta and Spinoza to Arendt to Laurence and Aylon: Verbiage and Visual Art as Instruments of Dissent in Modern Jewish Thought / Ori Z. Soltes -- Jewish Law and the Law of the State: A Study in Authority and Dissent / Gil Graff -- The Terrible Animal Known as the Masses: The Status and Authority of the Community Rabbi in Nineteenth Century Eastern Europe / Motti Zalkin -- Thumbing Mendelssohn's Nose at the Nazis: Hans Pfitzner's Symphony in C, Op. 46 (1940) / Theodore Albrecht -- Not So Silent: Jewish Religious and Cultural Life in Kiev, 1945-1970s / Victoria Khiterer -- When Authority Was a Form of Dissent: Postwar Guides to Reform Practice / Joan S. Friedman -- Dispute for the Sake of Heaven: Dissent and Multiplicity in Rav Shagar's Thought / Eitan Abramovitch -- Limiting the Authority of the Country: Disobedience in the IDF / Shlomo Abramovich -- Leaving the Fold: Dissent from Communal Authority in the Orthodox World? / Mark Trencher -- Brit without Milah: Adapting and Remixing the Dominant Ritual System / Lindsey Jackson.