02905nam 2200565 a 450 991078562150332120230816231557.01-4384-1366-1(CKB)2670000000233912(OCoLC)42856490(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588824(SSID)ssj0000676358(PQKBManifestationID)11402761(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676358(PQKBWorkID)10678969(PQKB)10724217(SSID)ssj0000194755(PQKBManifestationID)11166637(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194755(PQKBWorkID)10232305(PQKB)11650886(MiAaPQ)EBC3408274(EXLCZ)99267000000023391220150424h19981998 uy 0engtxtrdacontentcrdacontentcrrdacarrierLubavitcher women in America identity and activism in the postwar era /Bonnie J. MorrisAlbany :State University of New York Press,1998.©19981 online resource (x, 186 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-3799-X 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"Women in JudaismUnited StatesHabadUnited StatesJewish womenReligious lifeUnited StatesCrown Heights (New York, N.Y.)Religious life and customsWomen in JudaismHabadJewish womenReligious life296.8/3322/0820973Morris Bonnie J.1961-1503217PQKBAzTeSBOOK9910785621503321Lubavitcher women in America3731451UNINA