Orthodox Jews in America:
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1. Verfasser: Gurock, Jeffrey S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington Indiana University Press ©2009
Schriftenreihe:Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Prologue : within the wide tent of a Bronx Orthodox congregation, circa 1960 -- All alone and out of control -- American challenges and Jewish challengers -- Religious dilemmas of a treif land -- Strategies of New York's Orthodox activists -- Crisis and compromise -- Brooklyn's committed communities -- A more faithful following -- Comfortable and courted -- Orthodox vs. Orthodox -- Open and closed to feminism -- Epilogue : the tentative Orthodox of the twenty-first century
Jeffrey S. Gurock recounts the history of Orthodox Jews in America, from the time of the early arrivals in the 17th century to the present, and examines how Orthodox Jewish men and women coped with the personal, familial, and communal challenges of religious freedom, economic opportunity, and social integration. --from publisher description
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 381 pages)
ISBN:0253002923
9780253002921

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