TY  - BOOK
AU  - Topel,Marta F.
TI  - Jewish Orthodoxy and its discontents: religious dissidence in contemporary Israel 
SN  - 9780761859185 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BM390 
U1  - 296/.095694 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham, MD
PB  - University Press of America
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Israel
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Dissenters, Religious
KW  - Orthodox Judaism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Relations
KW  - Nontraditional Jews
KW  - Spiritual life
KW  - Jews
KW  - Identity
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In this book, the author utilizes anthropological research to analyze both macro and micro social processes among secular and Orthodox Jews in Israel. She covers such complex issues as the tensions between the two groups and the radicalization of Israeli Jewish Orthodoxy in the last thirty years. The book also delves into micro social processes such as the long and tortured journey of Israeli religious dissidents and the role of non-governmental organizations in helping these dissidents adapt to secular society. In addition, she discusses the symbolic and ritual paraphernalia that dissidents must become familiar with in order to be successful in their new lives as secular Jews. Jewish Orthodoxy and Its Discontents approaches the phenomenon of religious dissidence within the Jewish Israeli Orthodoxy through the lens of the inverse phenomenon : religious conversion to Jewish Orthodoxy. This outlook is based on theoretical ground as both events constitute a radical change of the ideology of both the social actors and the social structures they have abandoned. --from back cover
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