Rabbinic and lay communal authority - Orthodox Forum 2003 : New York, N.Y.); Stone, Suzanne Last. (New York : Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the Yeshiva University Press, 2006)
On lay legislation in halakhah : the king as instance / Gerald J. Blidstein -- Communal governance, lay and rabbinic : an overview / Aharon Lichtenstein -- Charismatic leader, charismatic book : Rabbi Shneur Zalman's Tanya and his leadership / Nehemia Polen -- Rav, rosh yeshivah, and kahal / Shaul Stampfer -- New conditions and new models of authority : the yoatzot halakhah / Chana Henkin -- The role and authority of the rabbi in American society / Chaim I. Waxman -- New conditions and models of authority : changing patterns within contemporary Orthodoxy / Steven Bayme -- On constructively harnessing tensions between laity and clergy / Marc D. Stern.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.
Keywords: Rabbis -- Office -- Congresses; Authority -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Congresses; Jewish leadership -- Congresses; Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Congresses; Jewish law -- Decision making -- Congresses; Tradition (Judaism) -- Congresses; Orthodox Judaism -- Congresses