The World of the Yeshiva : an intimate portrait of Orthodox Jewry / William B. Helmreich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helmreich, William B.

Contributor:

Salant, Sam.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbinical seminaries--United States.

Rabbinical seminaries.

Orthodox Judaism--United States.

Orthodox Judaism.

Judaism--Study and teaching.

United States.

Judaism--Study and teaching--United States.

Judaism.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 412 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Free Press, a division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. ; London : Collier Macmillan Publishers, [1982]

Contents:

From Jacob's tents to America's cities

An ancient tradition in a new land

The Yeshiva today

In the path of the Lord: teachings of the faith

Yeshiva students: Who are they and why do they go?

A self-enclosed world: life in the Yeshiva

Making it in the Yeshiva

"Out on the Next Bus": deviance in the Yeshiva

Is the Yeshiva successful in reaching its goals?

Why has the Yeshiva survived?

Appendix: How the study was done.

Notes:

"Jacket design by Sam Salant."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-403) and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0029146402 :

OCLC:

7740859