From Suburb to Shtetl: The Jews of Boro Park

ISBN-13: 9781138523999 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 214 str.

Egon Mayer; William B. Helmreich

Opis

An ethnography that weaves an intricate tapestry of how family, school, and community leaders influence each other. It describes and analyzes the interaction between the Hasidim and their less fervent Orthodox counterparts. It gives us the chance to assess and forecast the future of American Jewish life as a whole.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments Introduction to the Transaction Edition 1) Jewish Orthodoxy in America: The Decline and Resurgence of Jewish Traditionalism 2) From Shtetl to Suburb and Back: A Social History of the Jews of Boro Park 3) A Portrait Painted by Numbers: Demographic Characteristics of the Jews of Boro Park 4) Ingredients of Holiness: The Social Construction of Religious Life in Secular Society 5) Ramparts of Holiness: Family, Yeshiva, Synagogue, and Other Institutional Supports 6) A Glimpse at the Future: The Impact of Deviance and Change Appendix: Methodology Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

O autorze

Egon Mayer, William B. Helmreich