| New York's Jewish Jews: The Orthodox Community in the Interwar Years Contributor(s): Joselit, Jenna Weissman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253205549 ISBN-13: 9780253205544 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1990 Annotation: In this first interpretive historical account of the American Orthodox Jewish experience, Jenna Weissman Joselit investigates the ways in which pious Jews reconciled the requirements of religious tradition with the freedoms of interwar America. Through its focus on representative American Jewish institutions such as the synagogue and the rabbinate and on the sacred ritual life of Orthodox women, New York's Jewish Jews reveals how a self-consciously modern, American, and decidedly middle class Orthodoxy evolved before 1945. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - Religion | Judaism - Orthodox |
| Dewey: 296.832 |
| LCCN: 89045197 |
| Series: Modern Jewish Experience |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.08" W x 9.2" (0.69 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Geographic Orientation - New York - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this first interpretive historical account of the American Orthodox Jewish experience, Jenna Weissman Joselit investigates the ways in which pious Jews reconciled the requirements of religious tradition with the freedoms of interwar America. Through its focus on representative American Jewish institutions such as the synagogue and the rabbinate and on the sacred ritual life of Orthodox women, New York's Jewish Jews reveals how a self-consciously modern, American, and decidedly middle class Orthodoxy evolved before 1945. |