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ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
News from the School of the Jewish Woman
Author: News from the School of the Jewish Woman
Author: The Rebellion of the Daughters
Author: Rachel ManekinPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691194939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Origins of the "Daughters' Question" -- Religious Ardor: Michalina Araten and Her Embrace of Catholicism -- Romantic Love: Debora Lewkowicz and Her Flight from the Village -- Intellectual Passion: Anna Kluger and Her Struggle for Higher Education -- Rebellious Daughters and the Literary Imagination: From Jacob Wassermann to S. Y. Agnon -- Bringing the Daughters Back: A New Model of Female Orthodox Jewish Education.
Straight Talk
Author: Sally BerkovicPublisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780881256611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Writing in the first person to her daughters, Berkovic relates stories from her upbringing to reconcile the contradictions between the opportunities of modern life and the constrictions of Orthodox practice. Originally published as Under my hat by Joseph's Bookstore, London in 1997. The subtitle on the cover and spine reads "my dilemma as a modern orthodox Jewish woman." No indexing is included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Fighting to Become Americans
Author: Riv-Ellen PrellPublisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807036334
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Her exaggerated coiffure, with its imitation curls and soaped curves that stick out at the side of the head like fantastic gargoyles, is an offense to the eye. Her plated gold jewelry with paste stones reveals its cheapness by its very extravagance. This description of a "ghetto girl" was printed in the American Jewish News in 1918, but with slight variation it might easily be mistaken for a description of our current pernicious and pejorative stereotype of Jewish womanhood, the "JAP." What are the origins of these stereotypes? And even more important, why would an American ethnic group use racist terms to describe itself? Riv-Ellen Prell asks these compelling questions as she observes how deeply anti-Semitic stereotypes infuse Jewish men's and women's views of one another in this history of Jewish acculturation in the twentieth century.
Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail
Author: Jeanne E. AbramsPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814707203
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The image of the West looms large in the American imagination. Yet the history of American Jewry and particularly of American Jewish women—has been heavily weighted toward the East. Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail rectifies this omission as the first full book to trace the history and contributions of Jewish women in the American West. In many ways, the Jewish experience in the West was distinct. Given the still-forming social landscape, beginning with the 1848 Gold Rush, Jews were able to integrate more fully into local communities than they had in the East. Jewish women in the West took advantage of the unsettled nature of the region to “open new doors” for themselves in the public sphere in ways often not yet possible elsewhere in the country. Women were crucial to the survival of early communities, and made distinct contributions not only in shaping Jewish communal life but outside the Jewish community as well. Western Jewish women's level of involvement at the vanguard of social welfare and progressive reform, commerce, politics, and higher education and the professions is striking given their relatively small numbers. This engaging work—full of stories from the memoirs and records of Jewish pioneer women—illuminates the pivotal role these women played in settling America's Western frontier.
Generations of Youth
Author: Joe Alan AustinPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814706460
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
In their introduction, "Angels of History, Demons of History," the editors allude to the complex social anxieties projected into concerns about youth. Contributors examine the problems of identity, juvenile delinquency, intergenerational tensions, and downward mobility, as well as more positive aspects of youth culture (art, activism, and cyber-communities)--in the early 20th century, the World War II/postwar era, and the contemporary scene. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Educating in the Divine Image
Author: Chaya Rosenfeld GorsetmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781611684575
Category : Jewish day schools
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An incisive look at gender inequities in Jewish day school education
The Jewish Woman
Author: Jewish Mothers
Author: Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 0811827895
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
In this celebration of Jewish women and motherhood, 80 gorgeous duotone portraits are paired with intimate profiles that evoke the lives of 50 Jewish mothers.