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Young men in Israeli haredi yeshiva education : the scholars' enclave in unrest / by Yohai Hakak.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jewish identities in a changing world ; v. 19.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004235762
  • 9004235760
  • 9789004234697
  • 9004234691
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Young men in Israeli haredi yeshiva education.DDC classification:
  • 296.8/32095694 23
LOC classification:
  • BM85.I8 .H35 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)489716

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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.