17%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Summoned: Identification and Religious Life in a Jewish Neighborhood
Iddo Tavory
€ 94.93
€ 79.04
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Summoned: Identification and Religious Life in a Jewish Neighborhood
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
On a typical weekday, men of the Beverly-La Brea Orthodox community wake up early, beginning their day with Talmud reading and prayer at 5:45am, before joining Los Angeles’ traffic. Those who work “Jewish jobs”—teachers, kosher supervisors, or rabbis—will stay enmeshed in the Orthodox world throughout the workday. But even for the majority of men who spend their days in the world of gentiles, religious life constantly reasserts itself. Neighborhood fixtures like Jewish schools and synagogues are always after more involvement; evening classes and prayers pull them in; the streets themselves seem to remind them of who they are. And so ... Read more
On a typical weekday, men of the Beverly-La Brea Orthodox community wake up early, beginning their day with Talmud reading and prayer at 5:45am, before joining Los Angeles’ traffic. Those who work “Jewish jobs”—teachers, kosher supervisors, or rabbis—will stay enmeshed in the Orthodox world throughout the workday. But even for the majority of men who spend their days in the world of gentiles, religious life constantly reasserts itself. Neighborhood fixtures like Jewish schools and synagogues are always after more involvement; evening classes and prayers pull them in; the streets themselves seem to remind them of who they are. And so ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226321868
SKU
V9780226321868
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Summoned: Identification and Religious Life in a Jewish Neighborhood