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Jeffrey S. Gurock recounts the history of Orthodox Jews in America, from the time of the early arrivals in the 17th century to the present, and examines how Orthodox Jewish men and women coped with the personal, familial, and communal challenges of religious freedom, economic opportunity, and social integration. His absorbing narrative portrays the varied lifestyles of Orthodox Jews and exposes the historical tensions that have pitted the pious against the majority of their co-religionists who have disregarded Orthodox teachings and practice. Exploring Orthodox reactions to alternative Jewish religious movements that have flourished in a pluralistic America, Gurock illuminates contemporary controversies about the compatibility of modern culture with a truly pious life, providing a nuanced view of the most intriguing present-day intra-Orthodox struggle -- the relationship of feminism to traditional faith. The book exposes the hypocrisy of Jews who, while outwardly devout in their careful observance of religious ritual, have behaved as moral miscreants. Anyone seeking to understand the American Jewish experience will find Orthodox Jews in America to be essential reading.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Prologue: Within the Wide Tent of a Bronx Orthodox Congregation, Circa 1960
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. 1. All Alone and Out of Control
  2. pp. 21-47
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  1. 2. American Challenges and Jewish Challengers
  2. pp. 48-83
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  1. 3. Religious Dilemmas of a Treif Land
  2. pp. 84-108
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  1. 4. Strategies of New York’s Orthodox Activists
  2. pp. 109-147
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  1. 5. Crisis and Compromise
  2. pp. 148-183
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  1. 6. Brooklyn’s Committed Communities
  2. pp. 184-198
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  1. 7. A More Faithful Following
  2. pp. 199-225
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  1. 8. Comfortable and Courted
  2. pp. 226-255
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  1. 9. Orthodox vs. Orthodox
  2. pp. 256-272
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  1. 10. Open and Closed to Feminism
  2. pp. 273-311
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  1. Epilogue: The Tentative Orthodox of the Twenty-First Century
  2. pp. 312-323
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 325-367
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  1. Index
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