Gender, Judaism, and Bourgeois Culture in Germany, 1800-1870
Author: Benjamin Maria Baader
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2006-06-14
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780253347343
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Baader examines changes in practices of prayer and synagogue worship, rabbinic writings that encouraged men to cultivate a Judaism shaped by feminine values, the transformation of exclusively male philanthropic organizations into modern voluntary organizations in which men and women participated, and the new roles assumed by women as educators, activists, and religious writers. By documenting the expansion of women's spaces and women's roles in bourgeoisie Judaism and tracing the feminization of Jewish men's religious practices, Baader provides fresh insights into the gender organization of traditional Jewish culture and modern German middle-class society."--BOOK JACKET.