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Born in nineteenth-century Russia, Rachel-Leah 'Lena" Chipkin later went on to become a pioneer, a businesswoman, and a true 'Yiddesheh Mama." "God Was Always With Me" takes us through her childhood and teenage years in Libau, Russia, to New York, where she refuses to marry the cousin who sent for her. Later on, during a courageous trip to Chicago, Illinois, she reacquaints herself with and marries the love of her life: Max Weinstein.

From a farmhouse in Gifford, Indiana, to her life as a Jewish resort...

This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Increasingly scholars have come to realise that the dominant understanding of Indian culture and its traditions is unsatisfactory. According to the classical paradigm, Hindu traditions are conceptualized as features of a religion with distinct beliefs, doctrines, sacred laws and holy texts. Today, however, many academics consider this conception to be a colonial 'construction'. This book focuses on the different versions, arguments and counter-arguments of the thesis that the Hindu religion is a...