Challenge and conformity : the religious lives of Orthodox Jewish women / Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor-Guthartz, Lindsey, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish women--Religious life.

Jewish women.

Orthodox Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 Studying Jewish Women p. 10

The Double Invisibility of Orthodox Jewish Women p. 12

The Scope of Women's Religious Lives p. 17

Overlapping Worlds I: The Intersection of Men's and Women's Religious Lives p. 22

Overlapping Worlds II: Living in Jewish and Western Contexts p. 30

Power and Patriarchy: Do Orthodox Women Have Agency? p. 32

2 Setting the Scene: The Jewish Landscape p. 37

Jews in Britain: Historical Background p. 37

Community, Communities, Networks, and Identity p. 39

The Development of British Orthodoxy and the British Jewish Landscape p. 44

Jewish Religious Topography Today p. 49

Changing Moods among British Jewish Women p. 57

Defining Terms: Talking about the Anglo-Jewish Community p. 60

Previous Research on British Orthodox Women p. 66

3 The View from the Ladies' Gallery: Women's 'Official' Life in the Community p. 69

Women and the Synagogue p. 69

The Changing Place of Women in Other Communal Institutions p. 111

4 Contested Prayers and Powerful Blessings: Women's 'Unofficial' Life in the Community p. 123

Creating Sacred Spaces p. 124

Nurturing the Community p. 150

New Developments: Sharing the Sacred with Men p. 165

5 The View from the Kitchen: Women's 'Official' Life in the Family p. 177

The Sabbath p. 179

Food and Kashrut p. 183

Passover p. 188

Mikveh and 'Family Purity' p. 191

Modesty p. 196

Visiting the Dead p. 199

Prayer and Relationship with God p. 201

6 Red Threads and Amulets: Women's 'Unofficial' Life in the Family p. 208

Questioning the Community: Limitations and Caveats p. 209

Definitions and Status of Practices p. 212

Testing Stereotypes and Assumptions p. 216

Who Practises These Customs? p. 218

What Customs Are Practised? p. 219

Age as a Factor in the Knowledge and Performance of Customs p. 223

The Question of Magic p. 237

Women's Understandings of Customs and Practices p. 242.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 16, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Taylor-Guthartz, Lindsey Challenge and Conformity : The Religious Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women

ISBN:

9781800858190

1800858191

9781800858725

1800858728

Publisher Number:

40030488988

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.