Connections, Reviews, and Lecture Topics

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You will find links here that connect me to my activities, reviews of my work, and lecture topics I offer.

Activities

Faculty Profile

Columnist at Haaretz

Times of Israel Commentary

Chabad commentary

Publishers Weekly 1

Publishers Weekly 2

Publishers Weekly 3

Publishers Weekly 4

The Jewish Forward

My CUNY readership

Reviews

Synagogue Life: A Study in Symbolic Interaction

Binderman, Murray

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1979, Vol.18 (3), p.330

Synagogue Life: A Study in Symbolic Interaction”

Fox, Samuel J

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1977, Vol.431, p.175

Synagogue Life: A Study in Symbolic Interaction”

Jick, Leon

American Jewish Historical Quarterly, 1978, Vol.67 (4), p.380

Porter, Jack Nusan

Contemporary Sociology, 1977-11, Vol.6 (6), p.740-740

People of the Book: Drama, Fellowship and Religion

Religion and Literature Vol 16 No. 1 Winter 1984 pp. 79-83

The People of the Book: Drama, Fellowship and Religion

Kaganoff, Nathan M

American Jewish History, 1983, Vol.72 (4), p.528

 The People of the Book: Drama, Fellowship, and Religion

Gresser, Moshe

The Journal of Religion, 1989, Vol.69 (1), p.138

The People of the Book: Drama, Fellowship, and Religion 

Orum, Anthony M

American Journal of Sociology, 1985, Vol.91 (5), p.700

The People of the Book: Drama, Fellowship, and Religion

Neusner, Jacob

Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1984, Vol.52 (2), p.398

The People of the Book. Drama, Fellowship and Religion

Jacques Gutwirth

Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 21e Année, No. 42 (Jul. – Dec., 1976), pp. 246-2

The People of the Book: Drama Fellowship, and Religion

Wallis, Roy

Sociological Analysis, 1984, Vol.45 (1), p.72

“Drama as Social Research”
Reviewed Work(s): The People of the Book: Drama, Fellowship, and Religion by Samuel C.
Heilman
Review by: Samuel Z. Klausner
Source: The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 75, No. 2 (Oct., 1984), pp. 173-182
Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1454151

The Gate behind the Wall

The Gate behind the Wall

Arthur Hertzberg “Wrestling with the Law of God” The New York Times Book Review February 3, 1985

Cosmopolitans and Parochials: Modern Orthodox Jews in America 

Strassberg, Barbara

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1991, Vol.30 (2), p.222

Cosmopolitans and Parochials: Modern Orthodox Jews in America

Verbit, Mervin F

Contemporary Sociology, 1991, Vol.20 (6), p.932

 Cosmopolitans and Parochials: Modern Orthodox Jews in America 

Kosmin, Barry A

Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1992, Vol.15 (3), p.462

Cosmopolitan and Parochials: Modern Orthodox Jews in America 

Liebman, Charles

American Jewish History, 1991, Vol.80 (3), p.415

 Cosmopolitans and Parochials: Modern Orthodox Jews in America 

Press, Riv-Ellen

American Ethnologist, 1993, Vol.20 (1), p.199

Defenders of the Faith: Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewry

Nusbacher, Ailene Cohen

Shofar, 1994-01, Vol.12 (2), p.108-110

Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century 

Sarna, Jonathan D

Journal of American Ethnic History, 1998, Vol.17 (3), p.121

Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century

Leventman, Seymour

Contemporary Sociology, 1996, Vol.25 (6), p.753

Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century 

Salony, Mary

Library Journal, 1996, Vol.121 (3), p.162

Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century 

Cohen, George

The Booklist, 1996, Vol.92 (11), p.901

Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century 

Simson, Maria

Publishers Weekly, 1996, Vol.243 (2), p.63

 Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century 

Ament, J I

Choice, 1996, Vol.33 (11-12), p.1858

Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century 

Sociology of Religion, 1997, Vol.58 (1), p.94-95

Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century

Goldscheider, Calvin

Sociology of Religion, 1997, Vol.58 (1), p.94-95

The Rebbe: the Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Fischel, J

CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2011, Vol.48 (7), p.1305

The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Polen, Nehemia

Modern Judaism, 2014, Vol.34 (1), p.123-134

 The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson 

Ariel, Yaakov

Nova religio, 2012-11, Vol.16 (2), p.114-116

The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Altmann, Christiane

European Journal of Jewish Studies, 2011, Vol.5 (2), p.288-291

The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson

 Patricia Cohen, The New York Times

Rabbi’s Biography Disturbs Followers

 

Who Will Lead Us?: The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in America 

Kaufman, Debra

American Jewish History, 2018-01, Vol.102 (3), p.446-448

Who Will Lead Us?: The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in America

Mazur, E M

Choice, 2018, Vol.55 (5), p.616-616

Who Will Lead Us? The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in America

Abramac, Gabi

Revija za sociologiju, 2017-10, Vol.47 (2), p.233-236

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Who Will Lead Us?: The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in America

Ellenson, David

Contemporary Jewry, 2018, Vol.38 (1), p.155-15

Who Will Lead Us?: The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in America

Ellenson, David

Contemporary Jewry, 2018, Vol.38 (1), p.155-157

 

David Biale, David Assaf, Benjamin Brown, Uriel Gellman, Samuel C. Heilman, Moshe Rosman, Gadi Sagiv, Marcin Wodziński: Hasidism. A New History. With an Afterword by Arthur Green: Hasidism

Jurewicz, Grażyna

Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, 2021, Vol.70 (4), p.758-761

Sliding to the Right: The Contest for the Future of American Jewish Orthodoxy

Gurock, Jeffrey S.

Shofar, 2007, Vol.25 (4), p.205-207

Sliding to the Right: The Contest for the Future of American Jewish Orthodoxy

Sherman, Moshe D.

American Jewish History, 2007, Vol.93 (4), p.487-489

Sliding to the Right: The Contest for the Future of American Jewish Orthodoxy

Ammerman, Nancy T.

American Journal of Sociology, 2007, Vol.113 (3), p.914-916

Sliding to the Right: The Contest for the Future of American Jewish Orthodoxy

Murry Pollner

“Proudly Out of Step”  The New York Times  June 14, 1992

When A Jew Dies: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son

Davidman, Lynn

American Jewish History, 2001, Vol.89 (3), p.320-323

When a Jew Dies: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son

Prothero, Stephen

The Christian Century, 2002, Vol.119 (5), p.43

WHEN A JEW DIES: THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF A BEREAVED SON

COHEN, GEORGE

Booklist, 2001, Vol.97 (16), p.1513

WHEN A JEW DIES: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son

Riess, Jana

Publishers Weekly, 2001, Vol.248 (13), p.88-88

When a Jew Dies: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son.(Brief Article)

Welsh, Marcia

Library Journal, 2001, Vol.126 (8), p.92-92

When a Jew Dies: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son

Charme, Stuart Z.

Contemporary Sociology, 2002, Vol.31 (6), p.694-696

When a Jew dies: The ethnography of a bereaved son

Kaminsky, J S

Choice, 2001, Vol.39 (4), p.700

 

Following Similar Paths: What American Jews and Muslims Can Learn from One Another

Lecture Topics

  • The Changing Portrait of American Jewry
  • What is Happening to Orthodox Jewry?
  • The Complex Relationship between American Jews and Israel
  • Synagogue Life
  • Following Similar Paths: What Religiously Observant American Jews and Muslims can Learn from One Another
  • Fundamentalism
  • How a Social Anthropologist Studies the Jews
  • The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Schneerson and Chabad Lubavitch 
  • Hasidism
  • Five Hasidic Dynasties:  Who Wears The Crown
  • This American Jewish Life