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UNISA996389621203316 |
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Wall Thomas |
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Spiritual armour to defend the head from the superfluity of naughtiness [[electronic resource] ] : being a loving and Christian tender, humbly offered to the pious and serious consideration of the ministers of the Gospel and to all others it may concern : wherein is proved that it is unlawful for women to cut their hair polled or shorn and men to wear the same to cover their heads : together with how men and women ought according to the written law of God and nature to wear their hair |
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London, : Printed for the author and sold by William Marshall, 1688 |
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Hair - Religious aspects |
Sex role - Biblical teaching |
Women - Religious aspects - Christianity |
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Caption title: A loving and Christian tender humbly offered to the pious and serious cnsideration of the ministers of the Gospel and to all others it may concern. |
"To the reader" signed: Tho. Wall. |
Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. |
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UNINA9910814613903321 |
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Krah Markus |
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American Jewry and the re-invention of the East European Jewish past / / Markus Krah |
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Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2018 |
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©2018 |
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1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations |
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New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History ; ; Volume 9 |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Search for New Modes of Jewishness in Postwar America -- 2. Launching a Discourse: YIVO’s Bridge From the Old World to the New -- 3. New (York) Jewish Intellectuals: The Past as Culture -- 4. Religious Culture as an Antidote to Liberal Judaism and Secular Jewishness -- 5. Spiritual Needs, the Past, and the Denominational Landscape -- 6. From East European Radicalism to Postwar American Progressivism -- 7. Presenting a Rich Jewish Culture: The Eternal Light and Life Is with People -- 8. Making Jewishness Meaningful: In School and in Hasidism -- 9. Tevye in Kasrilevke, the Fiddler in America: East European Jewishness in Literature -- 10. Conclusion: Re-Inventing Jewishness Out of Memory -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The postwar decades were not the “golden era” in which American Jews easily partook in the religious revival, liberal consensus, and suburban middle-class comfort. Rather it was a period marked by restlessness and insecurity born of the shock about the Holocaust and of the unprecedented opportunities in American society. American Jews responded to loss and opportunity by obsessively engaging with the East European past. The proliferation of religious texts on traditional spirituality, translations of Yiddish literature, historical essays , photographs and documents of shtetl culture, theatrical and musical events, culminating in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, |
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illustrate the grip of this past on post-1945 American Jews. This study shows how American Jews reimagined their East European past to make it usable for their American present. By rewriting their East European history, they created a repertoire of images, stories, and ideas that have shaped American Jewry to this day. |
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