Lubavitcher women in America : identity and activism in the postwar era / Bonnie J. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Bonnie J., 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in Judaism--United States.

Women in Judaism.

Habad--United States.

Habad.

Jewish women--Religious life--United States.

Jewish women.

Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.

Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 186 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lubavitcher 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"

Contents:

Front 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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-181) and index.

ISBN:

9781438413662

1438413661

OCLC:

42856490