Lubavitcher women in America : identity and activism in the postwar era / / Bonnie J. Morris

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821445203321
• Autore: Morris Bonnie J. <1961->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1998
• ISBN: 1-4384-1366-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 186 pages)
• Disciplina: 296.8/3322/0820973
• Soggetti: Women in Judaism - United States; Habad - United States; Jewish women - Religious life - United States; Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) Religious life and customs
• 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. 171-181) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: A FEMINIST HISTORIAN'S INTENTIONS -- Content -- AISHES CHAYIL, MIIMTZA?" A WOMAN OF VALOR, WHO CAN FIND? -- CHANOCH LANAAR AL PI DARKO" EDUCATE A CHILD ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS -- HAKHEL, KIRUV R'CHOKIM" INGATHERING THOSE THAT WERE FAR AWAY: THE NESHEI CHABAD CONVENTIONS -- HAKOL MIN HA ISBA" EVERYTHING EMANATES FROM THE WOMANDI YIDDISHE HElM -- AZOY VI Es GOYET ZICH AZOY YIDDELT ZICH "WHATEVER Is HAPPENING IN THE GENTILE WORLD Is REFLECTED IN THE JEWISH WORLD: REACTIONS TO FEMINISM -- M'DARF LEBEN MIT DER ZEIT" WE MUST LIVE WITH THE TIMES -- Back Matter -- GLOSSARY OF YIDDISH AND HEBREW TERMS -- NOTES -- HASIDIC HISTORIOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: Lubavitcher Women in America offers a rare look at the world of Hasidic women activists since World War II. The revival of ultra-Orthodox Judaism in the second half of the twentieth century has baffled many assimilated American Jews, especially those Jewish feminists hostile to Orthodox interpretations of women's roles. This text gives voice to the lives of those Hasidic women who served the late Lubavitcher Rebbe as ; educators and outreach activists, and examines their often successful efforts to recruit other Jewish women to the Lubavitcher community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Central to this book is how Lubavitcher women have "talked back" to American feminist thought. Arguing that American feminism cannot liberate Jewish women -- that a specifically Jewish spirituality is more appropriate and fulfilling -- Lubavitcher women have helped to swell the ranks of their Rebbe's followers by aggressively promoting the appeal of traditional, structured Jewish observance. The book thus offers a unique look at female anti-feminist religious rhetoric, articulately presented by Jewish "fundamentalists"