American reform judaism: An introduction

American Reform Judaism: An Introduction

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-299

  Kaplan, Dana Evan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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