Strictly Observant

Author : Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978805231

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Strictly Observant by Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar Pdf

The Amish and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities have typically been associated with strict religious observance, a renunciation of worldly things, and an obedience of women to men. Women’s relationship to media in these communities, however, betrays a more nuanced picture of the boundaries at play and women’s roles in negotiating them. Strictly Observant presents a compelling ethnographic study of the complex dynamic between women in both the Pennsylvanian Old Order Amish and Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities and contemporary media technologies. These women regularly establish valuable social, cultural, and religious capital through the countless decisions for use and nonuse of media that they make in their daily lives, and in ways that challenge the gender hierarchies of each community. By exhibiting a deep awareness of how media can be managed to increase their social and religious reputations, these women prompt us to reconsider our outmoded understanding of the Amish and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, the role that women play in these communities as agents of change, and our own relationship to media today.

Author : Charles S. Liebman,Elihu Katz
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438410883

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The Jewishness of Israelis by Charles S. Liebman,Elihu Katz Pdf

In December 1993, the Louis Guttman Israel Institute of Applied Social Research released the results of the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the religious beliefs and behavior of Israeli Jews. The study revealed that Israeli Jews were far more traditional in their religious beliefs and behavior than previously thought, resulting in an intense public debate within Israeli society. This book summarizes the Guttman Report and describes how the media and Israeli intellectuals responded to it and imposed their own interpretations. It then analyzes the report in greater detail and puts in global perspective Israeli Jews' ritual behavior, religious beliefs, and attitudes toward religion in public life. The editors conclude that the religious traditionalism of Israeli Jews is unique among advanced industrial societies. They seek to explain this uniqueness in terms of the particular nature of Israeli society, focusing on Israel's security problems and suggesting the impact that a new security situation would have on Israeli Jews and how it would reshape the Israeli political map.

Author : Heerak Christian Kim
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0761841490

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Intricately Connected by Heerak Christian Kim Pdf

"Intricately Connected contains academic papers presented by Kim at various international conferences in the fields of biblical studies, literary criticism, and intertextuality. The articles examine the question of how various literatures connect to consciousness and culture at personal and collective levels. The focus is on the functionality of literature across time and space and addresses such questions as: How do later books of the Bible, such as Jeremiah, utilize consciousness and ideas from earlier times, such as those found in the book Deuteronomy? How does Toni Morrison link African-American experience of today with experience of slavery hundreds of years ago? How does the film Da Vinci Code (2006) assess and manipulate the received tradition of the Lord's Supper?"--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jerome M. Segal,Elihu Katz,Shlomit Levy,Nadar Izzat Sa 'id
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791492765

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Negotiating Jerusalem by Jerome M. Segal,Elihu Katz,Shlomit Levy,Nadar Izzat Sa 'id Pdf

An in-depth examination of how Jerusalem is seen by both Palestinians and Israeli-Jews, this book is a landmark study of the potential for successfully negotiating the Jerusalem question. It sheds important light on the question "what is Jerusalem?" By showing that the current boundaries are not viewed by either side as sacrosanct, the authors prove that there is room for creative efforts to reach an agreement. Such room may help resolve what is undoubtedly the most difficult issue standing between Israelis and Palestinians.

Author : Johannes Adrianus Bernardus Buitenen,James L. Fitzgerald
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 851 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780226252506

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The Mahabharata, Volume 7 by Johannes Adrianus Bernardus Buitenen,James L. Fitzgerald Pdf

The second-longest poem in world literature, this is an epic tale, replete with legends, romances, theology, and metaphysical doctrine written in Sanskrit. One of the foundational elements of Hindu culture, this work in its entirety consists of 75,000 stanzas in eighteen books, and this volume marks the resumption of its first complete modern English translation.--From book jacket.

Author : David Bloome,Evelyn B. Freeman,Rosemary Horowitz,Laurie Katz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475865370

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Enduring Questions by David Bloome,Evelyn B. Freeman,Rosemary Horowitz,Laurie Katz Pdf

This accessible guide to Jewish children’s literature explores many of the enduring questions of the Jewish tradition: What is Jewish history? What are love, wisdom, humor, ritual, evil, and justice? Jewish children’s literature matters for all children, and with this practical guide parents and teachers will be empowered to choose and discuss books and stories with Jewish or non-Jewish children. Jewish children’s literature is often absent in school classrooms and when it is available, it presents a picture to children of Jews as victims. Enduring Questions provides teachers with guidance in the use of Jewish children’s literature in the preschool and elementary school classroom. Enduring Questions includes extensive bibliographies of Jewish children’s literature, digital resources for teachers, and suggestions for further reading. With summaries of suggested books and texts, honest recommendations from teachers who have used these texts in the classroom, and practical curricular connections, this comprehensive book is suited for those looking for an introduction to teaching Jewish children's literature and those familiar with it. The book provides a framework about the use of Jewish children’s literature as an opportunity for all children, both Jewish and non-Jewish, to be philosophers and engage in dialog and debate. The enduring questions thoughtfully explored through Jewish literature are important for all students growing up in a diverse multicultural world.

Author : Sergio Della Pergola,Jewish People Policy Planning Institute
Publisher : Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Jewish diaspora
ISBN : 9652293466

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The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute Planning Assessment, 2004-2005 by Sergio Della Pergola,Jewish People Policy Planning Institute Pdf

This volume comprises three main parts: The first includes five broad overviews of the current status of Jewish affairs. The second part includes six chapters, each of which reviews the main recent trends and policy issues relevant to Jewish life in six world regions which articulate contemporary Jewish life: North America; Latin America; Europe and the European Union; the Former Soviet Union; Asia, Africa, and the Pacific; and Israel. The third part introduces an overview of the goals and tasks accomplished by the main Jewish institutions and organizations worldwide in the definition and defense of Jewish interests.

Author : David C. Kraemer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000159387

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Jewish Eating and Identity Through the Ages by David C. Kraemer Pdf

This book explores the history of Jewish eating and Jewish identity, from the Bible to the present. The lessons of this book rest squarely on the much-quoted insight: 'you are what you eat.' But this book goes beyond that simple truism to recognise that you are not only what you eat, but also how, when, where and with whom you eat. This book begins at the beginning – with the Torah – and then follows the history of Jewish eating until the modern age and even into our own day. Along the way, it travels from Jewish homes in the Holy Land and Babylonia (Iraq) to France and Spain and Italy, then to Germany and Poland and finally to the United States of America. It looks at significant developments in Jewish eating in all ages: in the ancient Near East and Persia, in the Classical age, throughout the Middle Ages and into Modernity. It pays careful attention to Jewish eating laws (halakha) in each time and place, but it does not stop there: it also looks for Jews who bend and break the law, who eat like Romans or Christians regardless of the law and who develop their own hybrid customs according to their own 'laws', whatever Jewish tradition might tell them. In this colourful history of Jewish eating, we get more than a taste of how expressive and crucial eating choices have always been.

Author : Barry Rubin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300162394

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Israel by Barry Rubin Pdf

This comprehensive book provides a well-rounded introduction to Israel—a definitive account of the nation's past, its often controversial present, and much more. Written by a leading historian of the Middle East, Israel is organized around six major themes: land and people, history, society, politics, economics, and culture. The only available volume to offer such a complete account, this book is written for general readers and students who may have little background knowledge of this nation or its rich culture. Based on research by scholars with extensive firsthand knowledge of Israel, this book offers accessible, clearly explained material, enhanced with a generous selection of images, maps, charts, tables, graphs, and sidebars. This book provides readers with a solid foundation of knowledge about Israel and provides useful reference lists by topic for those inspired to read further.

Author : Joseph Spitzer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315344188

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Caring for Jewish Patients by Joseph Spitzer Pdf

Jewish patients customarily have particular ways of approaching health and healthcare. This book outlines the Jewish practices and customs of direct relevance to health professionals, illustrated throughout with case histories. Information is provided to facilitate day to day communication, discussing etiquette and interpersonal relationships between the health professionals and their patients, describing in detail the dietary laws, customs and festivals. This book will offer practical advice about Jews, Judaism and the Jewish community helping to educate and enable all healthcare professionals in hospitals and in the community to provide care in a culturally appropriate manner.

Author : Frances Williams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780936895

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The Forgotten Kindertransportees by Frances Williams Pdf

The Forgotten Kindertransportees offers a compelling new exploration of the Kindertransport episode in Britain. The Kindertransport brought close to 10,000 unaccompanied children and young people to Britain on a trans-migrant basis between 1938 and 1939, with an estimated 70% of these children being of the Jewish faith. The outbreak of the Second World War turned this short-term initiative into a longer-term episode and Britain became home to the thousands that had been forced to migrate across the continent to flee the Nazis and the tragic Holocaust that would take place. This book re-evaluates and challenges misconceptions about the Kindertransportees' experiences in Britain - misconceptions that currently pervade Kindertransport scholarship. It focuses on the particularity of the Scottish experience, scrutinising misleading national pictures, which have dominated existing literature and excluded this important part of the Kindertransport episode. An estimated 8% of Kindertransportees were cared for in Scotland for the duration of the war years and this book demonstrates how national agendas were put into practice in a region that was far removed from the administrative and bureaucratic hub of London. The Forgotten Kindertransportees provides original interpretations as it considers a number of important aspects of the Kindertransportees' experiences in Scotland, including those of a social, political and religious nature.This includes an examination of Scotland's philanthropic welfare solutions for the dependent trans-migrant minor, the role of Zionism and the impact of Scottish-Jewry's particular approach to Judaism and a Jewish lifestyle upon broader life stories of Kindertransportees. Using a vast body of new research material, Frances Williams provides a fascinating and detailed examination of the Kindertransport that is region-specific and one that is all the more important because of its specificity. This is an important text for anyone interested in the Holocaust and the social history of those involved.

Author : Steven M. Lowenstein
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814337516

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Frankfurt on the Hudson by Steven M. Lowenstein Pdf

Using organizational bulletins, surveys, interviews, and personal observations and anecdotes, Lowenstein paints a picture of a unique lifestyle now in the process of merging into American Jewry and disappearing.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Israel
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017865606

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Israel Yearbook and Almanac by Anonim Pdf

Author : John D. Miller
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780860123200

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Beads and Prayers by John D. Miller Pdf

A detailed and readable study of the rosary in its various forms has long been needed. Miller's book fills a real need for the many who wish to take their devotion and prayer lives to new depths, to understand the perennial importance of Christian meditation, and to understand more fully the tradition to which they belong.

Author : Karen V. Hansen,Anita Ilta Garey
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1566395909

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Families in the U.S. by Karen V. Hansen,Anita Ilta Garey Pdf

Attempts to do justice to the complexity of contemporary families and to situate them in their economic, political, and cultural contexts. This book explores the ways in which family life is gendered and reflects on the work of maintaining family and kin relationships, especially as social and family power structures change over time.