Houses of Study: a Jewish Woman among Books |
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Author:
| Blumberg, Ilana M. |
ISBN: | 978-1-280-73513-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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To learn was to live, and to learn well was to live well. This was the lesson of both cultures of the Modern Orthodox Jewish world in which Ilana Blumberg was educated, with its commitment to traditional Jewish practice and ideas alongside an appreciation for modern, secular wisdom. But when the paths of Jewish tradition and secular wisdom inevitably diverge, applying this lesson can become extraordinarily tricky, especially for a woman. Blumberg s memoir of negotiating these two...
More DescriptionTo learn was to live, and to learn well was to live well. This was the lesson of both cultures of the Modern Orthodox Jewish world in which Ilana Blumberg was educated, with its commitment to traditional Jewish practice and ideas alongside an appreciation for modern, secular wisdom. But when the paths of Jewish tradition and secular wisdom inevitably diverge, applying this lesson can become extraordinarily tricky, especially for a woman. Blumberg s memoir of negotiating these two worlds is the story of how a Jewish woman s life was shaped by a passion for learning; it is also a rare look into the life of Modern Orthodoxy, the twentieth-century movement of Judaism that tries to reconcile modernity with tradition."