Research Catalog

Title

Yeshiva fundamentalism [electronic resource] : piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / Nurit Stadler.

Author

Stadler, Nurit.

Publication

New York : New York University Press, c2009.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xviii, 197 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Yeshiva fundamentalism (Online)

Alternative Title

Yeshiva fundamentalism (Online)

Subject

• Ultra-Orthodox Jews > Israel
• Orthodox Judaism > Israel
• Jewish fundamentalism > Israel
• Jewish men > Religious life
• Yeshivas > Israel
• Jewish religious education of adults > Israel
• Spiritual life > Judaism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction: redefining male piety and fundamentalism -- Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community -- On the edge of transgression: the study of Talmud and the evil inclination -- Challenges to the fundamentalist denouncement of work -- The idealization of soldiers' masculinity -- The domestication of masculine piety -- A case study: terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety" -- Conclusion: a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety.

LCCN

2008031657

OCLC

ssj0000455878

Author

Stadler, Nurit.

Title

Yeshiva fundamentalism [electronic resource] : piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / Nurit Stadler.

Imprint

New York : New York University Press, c2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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