Yeshiva fundamentalism : piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / Nurit Stadler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stadler, Nurit.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ultra-Orthodox Jews--Israel.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews.

Orthodox Judaism--Israel.

Orthodox Judaism.

Jewish fundamentalism--Israel.

Jewish fundamentalism.

Jewish men--Religious life.

Jewish men.

Yeshivas--Israel.

Yeshivas.

Jewish religious education of adults--Israel.

Jewish religious education of adults.

Spiritual life--Judaism.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. The ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, is a space reserved for men, and for a focus on religious ideals. Fundamentalist forms of piety are usually believed to be quite resistant to change. In Yeshiva Fundamentalism , Nurit Stadler uncovers surprising evidence that firmly religious and pious young men of this community are seeking to change their institutions to incorporate several key dimensions of the secular world: a redefinition of masculinity along with a transformation of the family, and participation in civic society through the labor mark

Contents:

Introduction: redefining male piety and fundamentalism

Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community

On the edge of transgression: the study of Talmud and the evil inclination

Challenges to the fundamentalist denouncement of work

The idealization of soldiers' masculinity

The domestication of masculine piety

A case study: terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety"

Conclusion: a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814708927

0814708927

9780814741146

0814741142

OCLC:

779828055