Identity, heroism and religion in the lives of contemporary Jewish women / Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baumel-Schwartz, Judith Tydor, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish women--Religious life--History--20th century.

Jewish women.

Jewish women--Religious life--History--21st century.

Women and religion.

Jewish women--Religious life.

History.

Physical Description:

474 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2013]

Summary:

What makes us what we are? How does our gender affect our identity? Who are our heroes and heroines and how do they mould the decisions we make and the way we live our lives? In what ways does our connection - or lack thereof - to our birth religion shape our adult selves? These are just some of the questions which Identity. Heroism and Religion in the Lives of Contemporary Jewish Women addresses. In examining the lives and deaths of various Jewish women during the 20th and 21st centuries this study focuses on the dynamic by which they formed their identities at times of crisis, whether in pre-State Israel, during and after the Holocaust in liberated Europe, or throughout Israel's formative years. As refugees, survivors, new immigrants or veteran citizens of a country these women's lives are probed and analyzed in terms of their relationship to each other, to their surroundings, their past, their future, their ideologies, and their geographic and virtual communities, presenting us with a mosaic of contemporary Jewish women's lives. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Bridges between yesterday and tomorrow : the role of diaspora culture in the stories of fifth Aliyah heroines

The rescue of Jewish girls and teenage young women to England and the USA during the Holocaust from the gendered perspective

The identity of women in the Sheerit hapletah : personal and gendered identity as determinants in their rehabilitation, immigration and resettlement

Teacher, tiller, soldier, spy : women's representation in Israeli military memorials

Founding myths and heroic icons : reflections on the funerals of Theodor Herzl and Hannah Szenes

The lives and deaths of female military casualties in Israel during the 1950s

Female icons of the zionist movement : the making of a national heroine in Israel

Pioneers, teachers, and mothers : ultra orthodox women among Sheerit Hapletah

Reflections on the study of women status and identity in the religious zionist movement

Frum surfing : orthodox Jewish women's internet forums as a historical and cultural phenomenon

"It is our custom from der alter heim" : the role of orthodox Jewish women's internet forums in reinventing and transmitting historical and religious tradition

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-466) and index.

ISBN:

3034313454

9783034313452

OCLC:

861120090

Publisher Number:

99961631212