Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy
Autor
Chaim I. Waxman
Chaim Waxman presents a detailed analysis of halakhicdevelopments, covering family and community life, the increasingAmericanization of Orthodox Jews, and how developments in Orthodoxy in Israelare having an impact on American norms. He shows that there is both greater stringencyand greater leniency, and he discusses the many reasons for this.