Challenge and conformity : the religious lives of Orthodox Jewish women /: the religious lives of Orthodox Jewish women. (2021)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Challenge and conformity : the religious lives of Orthodox Jewish women /: the religious lives of Orthodox Jewish women. (2021)
- Main Title:
- Challenge and conformity : the religious lives of Orthodox Jewish women
- Further Information:
- Note: Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz.
- Authors:
- Taylor-Guthartz, Lindsey
- Contents:
- Introduction 1. Studying Jewish Women The Double Invisibility of Orthodox Jewish Women The Scope of Women's Religious Lives Overlapping Worlds I: The Intersection of Men's and Women's Religious Lives Overlapping Worlds II: Living in Jewish and Western Contexts Power and Patriarchy: Do Orthodox Women Have Agency? 2. Setting the Scene: The Jewish Landscape Jews in London: Historical Background Community, Communities, Networks, and Identity The Development of British Orthodoxy and the British Jewish Landscape Jewish Religious Topography Today Changing Moods among British Jewish Women Defining Terms: Talking about the Anglo-Jewish Community Previous Research on British Orthodox Women 3. The View from the Ladies' Gallery: Women's 'Official' Life in the Community Women and the Synagogue The Changing Place of Women in Other Communal Arenas 4. Contested Prayers and Powerful Blessings: Women's 'Unofficial' Life in the Community Creating Sacred Spaces Nuturing the Community New Developments: Sharing the Sacred with Men 5. Women's 'Official' Life in the Family The Sabbath Food and Kashrut Passover Mikveh and 'Family Purity' Modesty Visiting the Dead Prayer and Relationship with God 6. Red Threads and Amulets: Women's 'Unofficial' Life in the Family Questioning the Community: Limitations and Caveats Definitions and Status of Practices Testing Stereotypes and Assumptions What Customs Are Practised? Who Practises These Customs? Age as a Factor in Knowledge and Performance of CustomsIntroduction 1. Studying Jewish Women The Double Invisibility of Orthodox Jewish Women The Scope of Women's Religious Lives Overlapping Worlds I: The Intersection of Men's and Women's Religious Lives Overlapping Worlds II: Living in Jewish and Western Contexts Power and Patriarchy: Do Orthodox Women Have Agency? 2. Setting the Scene: The Jewish Landscape Jews in London: Historical Background Community, Communities, Networks, and Identity The Development of British Orthodoxy and the British Jewish Landscape Jewish Religious Topography Today Changing Moods among British Jewish Women Defining Terms: Talking about the Anglo-Jewish Community Previous Research on British Orthodox Women 3. The View from the Ladies' Gallery: Women's 'Official' Life in the Community Women and the Synagogue The Changing Place of Women in Other Communal Arenas 4. Contested Prayers and Powerful Blessings: Women's 'Unofficial' Life in the Community Creating Sacred Spaces Nuturing the Community New Developments: Sharing the Sacred with Men 5. Women's 'Official' Life in the Family The Sabbath Food and Kashrut Passover Mikveh and 'Family Purity' Modesty Visiting the Dead Prayer and Relationship with God 6. Red Threads and Amulets: Women's 'Unofficial' Life in the Family Questioning the Community: Limitations and Caveats Definitions and Status of Practices Testing Stereotypes and Assumptions What Customs Are Practised? Who Practises These Customs? Age as a Factor in Knowledge and Performance of Customs Origins and Development The Question of 'Magic' Women's Understanding of Customs and Practices Conclusion Appendices: Background Data Bibliography Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Oxford : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 296.832082
Jewish women -- Religious life
Orthodox Judaism - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781800858190
9781800858725 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781786941718
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.718604
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