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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453988003321

Autore

Gurock Jeffrey S. <1949->

Titolo

Orthodox Jews in America [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey S. Gurock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-10334-2

9786612103346

0-253-00292-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

The modern jewish experience

Disciplina

296.8/320973

Soggetti

Orthodox Judaism - United States - History

Jews - United States - History

Jews - United States - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.