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Chaim Waxman presents a detailed analysis of halakhic developments, covering family and community life, the increasing Americanization of Orthodox Jews, and how developments in Orthodoxy in Israel are having an impact on American norms. He shows that there is both greater stringency and greater leniency, and he discusses the many reasons for this.

Chaim Waxman, a prominent sociologist of contemporary Orthodoxy, is one of the keenest observers of American Jewish society. In illustration of how Orthodoxy is adapting to modernity, he presents a detailed discussion of halakhic developments, particularly regarding women's greater participation in ritual practices and other areas of communal life. He shows that the direction of change is not uniform: there is both greater stringency and greater leniency, and he discusses the many reasons for this, both in the Jewish community and in the wider society. Relations between the various sectors of American Orthodoxy over the past several decades are also considered.

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