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Kimmy Caplan. Orthodoxy in the New World: Immigrant Rabbis and Preaching in America (1881-1924). Jerusalem: Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, 2002. 395 pp. (Hebrew)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2004

Seth Farber
Seth Farber
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Raanana, Israel
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In the concluding pages of Kimmy Caplan's book, the author asks his ultimate question: “Did the Immigrant rabbis and preachers succeed?” (p. 312) To achieve success, in the eyes of Caplan, is to stimulate an emotionally charged response or to generate a change in perspective or action.

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AJS Review , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , November 2003 , pp. 346 - 347
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© 2003 by the Association for Jewish Studies

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