The World of the Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox JewryKTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2000 - 412 עמודים In the advance yeshiva, adult males spend long periods of time-sometimes their entire lives-studying and interpreting traditional writings on Jewish law and theology, all but totally cut off from the mainstream of American life, and indeed, the lives of most American Jews. Why is this East European incarnation of an ancient Jewish tradition flourishing in present-day America? What does its successful transplantaion tell us about Orthodox Jewish life? |
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An Ancient Tradition in a New Land | 18 |
The Yeshiva Today | 52 |
Teachings of the Faith | 94 |
Who Are They and Why Do They Go? | 126 |
Life in the Yeshiva | 139 |
Making It in the Yeshiva | 180 |
Deviance in the Yeshiva | 194 |
Preparing for Life Outside the Yeshiva | 219 |
Is the Yeshiva Successful in Reaching Its Goals? | 266 |
Why Has the Yeshiva Survived? | 300 |
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