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21. Real Jews: Secular Versus Ultra-Orthodox: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel by Noah Efron | |
Hardcover: 320
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(2003-05-27)
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Editorial Review Product Description Most Americans would be shocked and disturbed to learn that the harsh rhetoric of virulent anti-Semitism is alive and thriving in Israel. Israel is a Jewish state, after all, so the anti-Semitism found there could hardly be aimed at all Jews. In fact, the Israeli brand of anti-Semitism pits secular Jews against fundamentalist Jews, the ones in traditional clothing following exacting religious rules. Writing from his unique vantage as a Tel Aviv resident, Noah Efron examines the discomfiture and spleen that some secular Jews feel when confronted with their ultra-Orthodox brethren. He recounts the difficult history of the ultra-Orthodox in Europe and Palestine, and examines their role in Israel, a country obsessed with and conflicted about what it means to be a Jew. Despite political, economic, cultural, and religious reasons for the tension between the two groups, little can explain the ferocity with which the Orthodox are loathed today, or the shocking rhetoric that many secular Jews use to denounce and ridicule them. This chilling and disturbing book documents the terrible details of an animosity based partly on fact and partly on a fantasy that threatens the future of Israel. Customer Reviews (19)
Very eye-opening/ informative.
Excellent analysis and a very interesting read.
A rarity in honesty, balance and thorough research
fascinating
An honest account |
22. Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism) by Aviezer Ravitzky | |
Paperback: 312
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(1996-09-01)
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Original and Well Researched
The ultra- orthodox view of the modern state of Israel
"The Messiah and the Rabbis" Especially important are the "Three Oaths" which the Rabbis developed to forestall Messianic Zionism, after 70 AD. These were so successful, they prevented Zionism from developing in times when it could have, and made the 20th century development of it much more difficult. However, the Three Oaths were only one strand of Jewish Messianic thought, which to a large degree still ignores the stupendous developments of the past 60 years as having no significance. However, for this writer, the Holocaust and the birth of Israel, are exactly what would seem to an untrained observer: the arrival of the Messianic age. In my recent book, "Jewish History and Divine Providence" I provided an integrated Messianic view of Jewish history from a Liberal point of view. However, I begin from the point of view of Maimonides, whose messianic views were as sober and rational as the rest of his thought. In addition, the Kabbalah and its special rationality, is also critical in my analysis. Ravitsky provides one side of the Messianic debate. However, until now a liberal side to this debate has been lacking. Those who read both Ravitzky and "Jewish History and Divine Providence" will get the full story.
Sympathetic yet objective account
Focused More Upon Modern than Historic Jewish "Radicalism" |
23. Judaism and Homosexuality: An Authentic Orthodox View by Rabbi Chaim Rapoport | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(2004-05)
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An Excellent Work
Does God Love Me?
Useful for both Jews and Gentiles
Poorly thought out
Brilliantly Done! |
24. On two fronts: Two brothers are torn from each other by the struggle between Orthodox Judaism and the Reform movement in revolutionary nineteenth century Hungary : a novel by Yirmeyahu Bindman | |
Hardcover: 142
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(1990)
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25. Tradition Orthodox Jewish Life in America by Mal Warshaw | |
Hardcover: 118
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(1988-05-05)
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Wonderful Old-School Photos |
26. Of an apocalyptic tone recently adopted in Orthodox Judaism (Occasional paper / Dworksy Center for Jewish Studies) by Tzvee Zahavy | |
Unknown Binding: 16
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(1988)
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27. An Orthodox perspective.: An article from: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought by Tzvi Hersh Weinreb | |
Digital: 11
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(2004-06-22)
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28. Religious Conflict in Social Context: The Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism in Frankfurt Am Main, 1838-1877 (Contributions to the Study of Religion) by Robert Liberles | |
Hardcover: 295
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(1985-11-19)
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29. Contemporary Orthodox Judaism's Response to Modernity by Barry Freundel | |
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(2003-02)
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an excellent guide to Orthodoxy...
excellent review of the origin of Jewish traditions
covers it all
What Jews believe This book is a primer on the basic philosophies of Judaism. Before a potential convert or person curious about Judaism reads "To Be a Jew" or other books about the basics of HOW to practice Judaism, he or she should read this book first. This kind of book is rare BUT NECESSARY first step of the thinking person's exploration of Judaism because it tells what Jews believe. The only other book out there like it that I can think of is "Book of Our Heritage" by Kitov, but reading "Heritage" is already a pretty serious investment in study, usually made only by an avid reader. This book is an easier read but no less significant an achievement. It is also different from "Heritage" in its approach. It is more straight on with a specific goal of saving the earnest intellectual who is curious about Judaism but confused - confused from all of the myths about Judaism, and popular schools of thought today which contradict or at least seem to contradict Judaism. In his way, the rabbi is trying to achieve a work which is not unlike what the Rambam was trying to do with Guide for the Perplexed and eliviate the confusion. This is an update to that idea for the current time and a much much easier read. For the initiated: The title of this book might scare some people away because it has the words "modern" and "contemporary", but it shouldn't. Although it is obviously written by a Modern Orthodox rabbi, it favors no particular hashkafah of Orthodox Judaism. If your kids are in Bnei Brock, they're not going to run out and go to the movies or become astronomers after reading this book, and modern kids aren't going to start keeping yashan either. Those who are learned will find this book has mostly basic material, but it is distilled and summarized in such a way which will clarify many things and make them clearer to us. Having said that, there are many things even the learned will learn from it.
CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOX JUDAISM'S RESPONSE TO MODERNITY February 23, 2004 |
30. Seeking the Favor of God, Volume 3: The Impact of Penitential Prayer beyond Second Temple Judaism (Early Judaism and Its Literature) | |
Paperback: 324
Pages
(2008-10-29)
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31. Orthodox Jews in America (The Modern Jewish Experience) by Jeffrey S. Gurock | |
Paperback: 400
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(2009-03-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description "A great storyteller, Professor Gurock masterfully weaves together personal narrative, sermons, and social observations to create gripping narratives of Orthodox Jewry in America.... [Orthodox Jews in America] brings together several decades of Gurock's incisive research and thinking on American Orthodoxy while offering a still deeper and more nuanced analysis of its overall development." -- Shuly Rubin Schwartz, author of The Rabbi's Wife Customer Reviews (4)
Examining Orthodox Life
Orthodox Jews in America
Proofreading anyone?
Relating |
32. Heritage of Faith: 2 Pioneers of Judaism in America by Nancy Isaacs Klein | |
Hardcover: 119
Pages
(1987-06)
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33. Yeshiva Fundamentalism: Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox World by Nurit Stadler | |
Hardcover: 280
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(2009-01-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, is a space reserved for men, and for a focus on religious ideals. Fundamentalist forms of piety are usually believed to be quite resistant to change. In Yeshiva Fundamentalism, Nurit Stadler uncovers surprising evidence that firmly religious and pious young men of this community are seeking to change their institutions to incorporate several key dimensions of the secular world: a redefinition of masculinity along with a transformation of the family, and participation in civic society through the labor market, the army, and the construction of organizations that aid terror victims. In their private thoughts and sometimes public actions, they are resisting the demands placed on them to reject all aspects of the secular world. Because women are not allowed in the yeshiva setting, Stadler's research methods had to be creative. She invented a way to simulate yeshiva learning with young yeshiva men by first studying with an informant to learn key religious texts, often having to do with family life, sexuality, or participation in the larger society. This informant then invited students over to discuss these texts with Stadler and himself outside of the yeshiva setting. This strategy enabled Stadler to gain access to aspects of yeshiva life in which a woman is usually unable to participate, and to hear "unofficial" thoughts and reactions which would have been suppressed had the interviews taken place within the yeshiva. Yeshiva Fundamentalism provides an intriguing — and at times surprising — glimpse inside the all-male world of the ultra-orthodox yeshivas in Israel, while providing insights relevant to the larger context of transformations of fundamentalism worldwide.While there has been much research into how contemporary feminism has influenced the study of fundamentalist groups worldwide, little work has focused on ultra-Orthodox men's desires to change, as Stadler does here, showing how fundamentalist men are themselves involved in the formulation of new meanings of piety, gender, modernity and relations with the Israeli state. Customer Reviews (1)
A Look at an All Male World |
34. Cosmopolitans and Parochials: Modern Orthodox Jews in America by Samuel C. Heilman, Steven M. Cohen | |
Paperback: 258
Pages
(1989-10-11)
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flawed but still somewhat interesting
One Traditional Subculture's Blueprint For Revival
fundamentally flawed study Unfortunately, this book's basic approach to the subject is so fundamentally flawed that you are more likely to be misinformed than to learn anything when you read it. For one thing, the authors took almost half of their statistical data (490 responses out of 1023) from questionnaires answered by members of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a truly vibrant congregation with dynamic adult education and outreach programs, but obviously not representative of the rest of Modern Orthodox community in New York, or anywhere else for that matter! But the main problem lies in the categories of religious observance Heilman builds out of thin air, and upon which he bases his arguments. Most of the discussion focuses on a middle group of Modern Orthodox Jews, which Heilman confusingly terms the "centrists," despite the fact that he uses the very same term in other places to refer to the Modern Orthodox population as a whole. To make his middle category, Heilman groups people who are completely religious but still eat cold salad with non-kosher utensils (when visiting friends' homes) together with people who turn on lights on Shabbos. Heilman excludes members of this category from the "traditionalist" right-wing group merely because they will eat cold salad on non-kosher dishes, even though that act is often completely permissible even according to the strictest interpretations of Jewish law! We can understand why, as Heilman admits, many respondents found the survey's questions problematic and wrote lengthy notes to explain their answers. (Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that the book makes much use of their clarifications.) The result of this is to create a large grouping which will necessarily appear ambivalent and divided over key issues of religious dogma and behavior. So it comes as no surprise when only 54% of this group "agree strongly" that "the Torah was revealed by God to Moses at Sinai"! And since Heilman doesn't give us any statistical breakdown within his made-up categories, it is impossible to know how many of the strictly observant do NOT feel strongly that the Torah was revealed at Sinai, and thus any useful inferences or insights that we might have drawn from the responses are lost and beyond retrieval. Another general problem with the book: Although it is indeed true that members of the so-called Modern Orthodox community are likely to be less punctiliously observant than their "right-wing" brethren, Heilman seems to believe that all Orthodox Jews who actively engage and participate in wider American society are NECESSARILY ambivalent about basic Jewish law and theology. In many sections, he seems to confuse and lump together more strictly observant Modern Orthodox Jews with the "picturesque" ultra-right-wing Orthodox. It would seem that according to his categories, most of the theologians and scholars of Modern Orthodoxy wouldn't be considered Modern Orthodox. The usefulness of the book is also severely limited because it doesn't even include the text of the questionnaire. (Although an appendix with the exact wording of the questions is promised in the text, none can be find anywhere in the volume!) In conclusion, this book is simply not representative of the talents of Heilman, who is one of the world's leading sociologists of the American Jewish community. ... Read more |
35. Halakhic Man, Authentic Jew: Modern Expressions of Orthodox Thought From Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits by Ira Bedzow | |
Hardcover: 191
Pages
(2009-06-01)
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AN IMPORTANT AND TIMELY "MUST READ" |
36. New York's Jewish Jews: The Orthodox Community in the Interwar Years (The Modern Jewish Experience) by Jenna Weissman Joselit | |
Paperback: 208
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(1990-02-01)
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Editorial Review Product 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. Customer Reviews (2)
The birth of American modern Orthodoxy
one small error |
37. Toward a Renewed Ethic of Jewish Philanthropy (Orthodox Forum) by Yossi Prager | |
Hardcover: 400
Pages
(2010-05-19)
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A scholarly and thoughtful read that discusses the good things that can be done with money from a Jewish perspective |
38. Tradition in a Rootless World: Women Turn to Orthodox Judaism by Lynn Davidman | |
Kindle Edition: 268
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(1991-07-29)
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nicely done and especially good for . . .
As the author, I want to correct some misimpressions offered |
39. The Hole in the Sheet: A Modern Woman Looks at Orthodox and Hasidic Judaism by Evelyn Kaye | |
Hardcover: 219
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(1987-06)
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One of the all-time classic exposes of religious fanaticism
It's not true
Thank God it's out of print I myself used to be very anti-Orthodox, since I got my picture of that denomination from the crazy fanatics always in the media, flamers and hate-mongers on the Jewish Community boards on aol, and disgruntled women who'd left Orthodoxy, on those same boards.I never even really knew any Orthodox people until my senior year of college, though my opinion of them had been softening a bit before then.The people I knew, the Orthodox, Modern Orthodox, Lubavitchers, Traditional Orthodox, etc., are nothing like the horrible people Mrs. Kaye says she grew up around.I'll give her the benefit of the doubt that she did have a terrible experience growing up, but could it be that adolescent rebellion or a drastic early adulthood break with all of the traditions she was raised with have coloured her perceptions and given her a false hindsight?None of the Orthodox I've known love embarrassing people, feel it is their duty to embue their kids with discomfort and insecurity, nor are they racists or sexists.This woman must not know that there are many Jews of colour, black, brown, yellow, tan, etc., and more of them than you'd think are born Jews instead of converts.She is perpetrating the old myth that only Ashkenazic Jews exist or count, ignoring the many Jews whose origins are not in Eastern or Central Europe but in Italy, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Algeria, China, India, South America, etc.She also claims that a devout Orthodox Jew violently hates all non-Jews and believes all manner of stereotypes about them, like they're all druggies, drunks, have horrible family lives, and are anti-Semites and untrustworthy.I'm sorry if she grew up in such a hateful self-imposed ghetto like she says she did, but you can't discredit all of Orthodoxy by just one bad experience, as awful as it was!She never even thought to try a different community or a different synagogue to see if she might have a more positive experience elsewhere. I myself am not Orthodox, though I feel I have it in me to be if they resolve some of their issues about womens' roles, for example.I have had only very positive experiences praying, eating, celebrating, and spending time, sometimes overnight, with the Orthodox people I met at college.Mrs. Kaye obviously had the exact opposite types of experiences, but she grew up in the Forties and Fifties.I think pretty much women and girls everywhere in America had that type of coming of age experience in that era; Orthodox or not, girls nowadays have a lot more opportunities and aren't overlooked just because they're not boys.And Orthodoxy has changed a lot in the past 50 years or so; if Mrs. Kaye went back, and lived in a Modern Orthodox community, I'm sure she'd be shocked to find how well-educated the girls are, and how close they are to possibly having an Orthodox female rabbi within the next 50 years. This book has a lot of anger in it, and seems to be written by someone who has unresolved issues.It would be like a book written by a rape survivor who attacks all men everywhere, or a book by someone who left Catholicism before Vatican II because the atmosphere was too stifling for him/her.It's not that your issues aren't real and painful, just that you should discuss them with a counselor instead of publishing them in a book before you've even tried to move past your awful past.Mrs. Kaye can't stop spouting off lies and inaccuracies, being sarcasm and venomous, using superfluous exclamation points and capital letters, or putting words in people's mouths.She thinks that women who say taharat hamishpacha (family purity) don't really feel like brides again and are only saying the exact same words the rabbis have told them to say.So then all of these women are lies with no minds of their own.She doesn't explain the true reasoning behind the morning blessing thanking God for not having made one a woman (it's very misunderstood, and I myself amn't keen on it, but it's not meant as a sexist insult).She thinks only the Orthodox keep kosher, are shomer Shabbos and Yom Tov, clean the house for Pesach, or live any kind of observant life.If she wants people to respect her decision to intermarry, be Reform, and completely abandon all Jewish traditions, she should respect people on the exact opposite of the spectrum.On more than one occasion she completely insults the entire Talmud, and seemingly is ignorant to the fact that not all opinions are that of major rabbis, and if they are, no one opinion is meant to be taken as the only truth, such as on medical views of the time.That's like wondering why President Washington was bled to death and his doctors laughed at the young doctor who wanted to do a tracheotomy; you're unfairly holding a different era to a modern standard and all of the hindsight and knowledge which has occured since then.Most insulting of all is that she just can't believe any thinking woman would want to be Orthodox or Hassidic and is a brainwashed liar parroting what men have told her to say, and that these women have given up their minds and are living like ignorant peasant women in isolated African villages.God forbid an intelligent modern woman should see the beauty in an Orthodox life and decide to join them, and still be a feminist while living a traditional Jewish life.She is ignorant to the fact that the ketubah is insurance against a bad husband and is much fairer to women than practically every other culture at the time was to women.And the list goes on and on. Mrs. Kaye sadly doesn't want to leave her preconceived ideas behind her and actually listen to what the other side has to say, without already having her mind made up they're crazy, sexist, or parroting the rabbis.Like Eleanor Roosevelt said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Your Daily Dose of Anti-Judaism? I would normally hesitate to dismiss any person's life story as having NO merit, but "The Hole in the Sheet" is going to be the exception.This book confused and saddened me.The sections of memoir are painfully authentic, but the degree of vitriol in the rest of the book is frightening. When I picked it up, I expected a scholarly work, with at least some reasoning and argumentation.Instead, Kaye rambles on hatefully, extrapolating a vast web of all-male conspiracy from just her own upbringing within one particular Jewish family.I mean, I'm sorry her experience was so awful -- but only the most twisted mind could really blame the world's oldest monotheism, the source of all our society's morality, for all the evils Kaye charges it with. Don't forget, it is SHE, not the men of the Talmud or the Shulchan Aruch, who writes Jewish women out of the picture -- by making the assumption that our foremothers in Europe (and farther back) had no hand in forging the religion we have inherited from them.Judaism has always been in the forefront of women's rights, though it may prioritize those rights differently from Kaye.Women in Judaism are more than just careers; instead, Judaism honours foremost our role as bearers of life. This book has become required reading for antisemites, a frightening reminder of how the eyes of the world are still on us, waiting for any sign of evil beneath the surface.One antisemitic website refers to "the Jewess Evelyn Kaye" and the conclusive "proof" she provides of Judaism's ultimate deception.While such lunacy may keep Kaye's book in print, I can only hope this isn't the audience she envisioned when writing her book. I pray that Kaye has somehow been able to reconcile her troubled past with the genuine worth and wisdom that Judaism has been able to offer so many, and that she's found contentment in her own life.Even that, however, cannot undo the damage this book has done.
A MUST for women (and men) of all religious persuasions |
40. Profiles in American Judaism by Mark Raphael | |
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(1988-07)
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