LEADER 03837nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910821089803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03777-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674037779 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786743 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050709 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111174 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132928 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111174 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080670 035 $a(PQKB)11230866 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300380 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318370 035 $a(OCoLC)923110984 035 $a(DE-B1597)574615 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674037779 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300380 035 $a(OCoLC)1248759889 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786743 100 $a20000107d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeyond the synagogue gallery $efinding a place for women in American Judaism /$fKarla Goldman 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-00221-0 311 0 $a0-674-00705-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments 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 330 $bBeyond the Synagogue Gallery recounts the emergence of new roles for American Jewish women in public worship and synagogue life. Karla Goldman's study of changing patterns of female religiosity is a story of acculturation, of adjustments made to fit Jewish worship into American society. Goldman focuses on the nineteenth century. This was an era in which immigrant communities strove for middle-class respectability for themselves and their religion, even while fearing a loss of traditions and identity. For acculturating Jews some practices, like the ritual bath, quickly disappeared. Women's traditional segregation from the service in screened women's galleries was gradually replaced by family pews and mixed choirs. By the end of the century, with the rising tide of Jewish immigration from Russia and Eastern Europe, the spread of women's social and religious activism within a network of organizations brought collective strength to the nation's established Jewish community. Throughout these changing times, though, Goldman notes persistent ambiguous feelings about the appropriate place of women in Judaism, even among reformers. This account of the evolving religious identities of American Jewish women expands our understanding of women's religious roles and of the Americanization of Judaism in the nineteenth century; it makes an essential contribution to the history of religion in America. 606 $aWomen in Judaism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aJudaism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aJewish women$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aWomen in Judaism$xHistory 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 615 0$aJewish women$xHistory 676 $a296.0820973 700 $aGoldman$b Karla$f1960-$01687397 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821089803321 996 $aBeyond the synagogue gallery$94060818 997 $aUNINA