LEADER 03861nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910821445203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4384-1366-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233912 035 $a(OCoLC)42856490 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588824 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000676358 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11402761 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676358 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10678969 035 $a(PQKB)10724217 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194755 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166637 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194755 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10232305 035 $a(PQKB)11650886 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408274 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233912 100 $a19970627d1998 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdacontent 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLubavitcher women in America $eidentity and activism in the postwar era /$fBonnie J. Morris 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (x, 186 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7914-3799-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-181) and index. 327 $aFront 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. 330 $aLubavitcher 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" 606 $aWomen in Judaism$zUnited States 606 $aHabad$zUnited States 606 $aJewish women$xReligious life$zUnited States 607 $aCrown Heights (New York, N.Y.)$xReligious life and customs 615 0$aWomen in Judaism 615 0$aHabad 615 0$aJewish women$xReligious life 676 $a296.8/3322/0820973 700 $aMorris$b Bonnie J.$f1961-$01619041 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821445203321 996 $aLubavitcher women in America$94006710 997 $aUNINA