A History of a Jewish Burial Society: An Examination of Secularization
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| Author: | Schneider, Mareleyn | |
| Year: | 1991 | |
| Pages: | 350 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-9950-4 978-0-7734-9950-8 | |
| Price: | $219.95 + shipping | |
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This work has two subjects: a monograph dealing with one of the most ancient Jewish acts, acquiring a cemetery plot; and one of the oldest elements in the American Jewish communal structure, the burial society. It is a critique of secularization theory. Provides information on the history, role in the contemporary world, and function in a highly secular society of the Jewish burial society.