Young men in Israeli haredi yeshiva education : the scholars' enclave in unrest /
The internal tensions and conflicts central to Haredi Lithuanian yeshivas in contemporary Israel are described with a focus on the rabinical authorities' attempts to respond to these difficulties and the changes the Haredi community is experiencing as a result.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012
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| Series: | Jewish identities in a changing world ;
v. 19. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One The Literature; Chapter Two Collecting the Data: Beginnings; Chapter Three The Ideal Haredi Male Body and the Struggles between Body and Soul in Haredi Education; Chapter Four Equality or Excellence in Students' Achievements; Chapter Five Holy Amnesia: Remembering Religious Sages as Super-Humans or as Simply Human; Chapter Six Deviating, Resisting and Challenging the Ideal Male Bodily Model; Chapter Seven Psychology and Democracy in the Name of the God? Modern and Secular Discourses on Parenting in the Service of Conservative Religious Aims.
- Chapter Eight Will the Scholars' Enclave Re-adjust?Bibliography; Names and Subjects Index.
