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Author Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-

Title Orthodox Jews in America [electronic resource] / Jeffrey S. Gurock.

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 381 p. : ill.
Series The modern jewish experience
Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-367) and index.
Contents Prologue : within the wide tent of a Bronx Orthodox congregation, circa 1960 -- All alone and out of control -- American challenges and Jewish challengers -- Religious dilemmas of a treif land -- Strategies of New York's Orthodox activists -- Crisis and compromise -- Brooklyn's committed communities -- A more faithful following -- Comfortable and courted -- Orthodox vs. Orthodox -- Open and closed to feminism -- Epilogue : the tentative Orthodox of the twenty-first century.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Orthodox Judaism -- United States -- History.
Jews -- United States -- History.
Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780253352910 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253352916 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253220608 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253220602 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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