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Orthodox Jews in America / Jeffrey S. Gurock.

by Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-

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Indiana University Press, c2009.

Orthodox Judaism -- United States -- History.

Jews -- United States -- History.

Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs.

Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)

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9780253352910 (cloth : alk. paper)

0253352916 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780253220608 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0253220602 (pbk. : alk. paper)

x, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-367) and index.

Prologue : within the wide tent of a Bronx Orthodox congregation, circa 1960 -- All alone and out of control -- American challenges and Jewish challengers -- Religious dilemmas of a treif land -- Strategies of New York's Orthodox activists -- Crisis and compromise -- Brooklyn's committed communities -- A more faithful following -- Comfortable and courted -- Orthodox vs. Orthodox -- Open and closed to feminism -- Epilogue : the tentative Orthodox of the twenty-first century.

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