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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454835503321

Autore

Goldman Karla <1960->

Titolo

Beyond the synagogue gallery [[electronic resource] ] : finding a place for women in American Judaism / / Karla Goldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-674-03777-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 275 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

296.0820973

Soggetti

Women in Judaism - United States - History - 19th century

Judaism - United States - History - 19th century

Jewish women - United States - History - 19th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments Introduction: Women and the Synagogue 1 Jewish Women: Acculturation in Old and New Worlds 2 Women's Emergence in the Early American Synagogue Community 3 The Quest for Respectability: Mixed Choirs and Family Pews 4 The Trouble with Jewish Women 5 Women in the Reforming Synagogue: Resistance and Transformation 6 Kaufmann Kohler and the Ideal Jewish Woman 7 Beyond the Gallery: American Jewish Women in the 1890's Epilogue: Twentieth-Century Resonances Notes Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume recounts the emergence of roles for American Jewish women in public worship and synagogue life. It study of changing patterns of female religiosity is a story of acculturation, of adjustment made to fit Jewish worship into American society.