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Author Stadler, Nurit.

Title Yeshiva fundamentalism : piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / Nurit Stadler.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2009]
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Description xviii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 denunciation 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.
Subject Ultra-Orthodox Jews -- Israel.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Israel.
Orthodox Judaism -- Israel.
Orthodox Judaism.
Jewish fundamentalism -- Israel.
Jewish fundamentalism.
Jewish men -- Religious life.
Jewish men.
Religious life.
Yeshivas -- Israel.
Yeshivas.
Jewish religious education of adults -- Israel.
Jewish religious education of adults.
Spiritual life -- Judaism.
Spiritual life -- Judaism.
ISBN 9780814740491 cl alkaline paper
0814740499 cl alkaline paper