Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 400 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520354494
Content:
In this first in-depth portrait of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel today, Samuel Heilman introduces a community that to many may seem to be the very embodiment of the Jewish past. To outsiders who stumble upon these neighborhoods and find bearded men in caftans, children with earlocks, and women in long dresses, black kerchiefs and stockings, it may appear that these people still hold fast to every tradition while turning their backs to the contemporary world. B
Note:
"First California printing"--Title page verso
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Originally published: New York, Schocken Books, 1992
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"With a new afterword."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-389) and index
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Mikveh: taking the plunge -- Who are the Haredim? -- Community -- A Bar Mitzvah in Belz -- Binding ties -- At the Rebbe's table -- This is who we are -- Purim: this is who we are not -- Mass pilgrimage -- Third meal -- Education -- A school for little Haredim -- Primary school -- Where are we? -- The Yeshiva: Mussar Shmues -- The Yeshiva: Shiur and Chavruse -- Rosh Yeshiva -- Passages: matchmaking, betrothal, and wedding -- Passages: funeral -- Passing signs: the writing on the wall -- The triumph of sex -- Scribal apotheosis -- Epilogue: Ethnographic afterwords -- Afterword to the new edition.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Heilman, Samuel C Defenders of the faith Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000 ISBN 0520221125
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520221123
Language:
English
