Nora L Rubel: 1 book
Doubting the Devout
The Ultra-Orthodox in the Jewish American Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2009
Before 1985, depictions of ultra-Orthodox Jews in popular American culture were rare, and if they did appear, in films such as Fiddler on the Roof or within the novels of Chaim Potok, they evoked a nostalgic vision of Old World tradition. Yet the ordination of women into positions of religious leadership...
