The Rise of Reform Judaism: A Sourcebook of Its European Origins [1 ed.] 9780827612792, 9780827612167

This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut’s classic volume on the beginnings of the Jewish Reform Movement i

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The Rise of Reform Judaism: A Sourcebook of Its European Origins [1 ed.]
9780827612792, 9780827612167

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