Jewish Radical Ultra Orthodoxy Confronts Modernity, Zionism and - Women s Equalit

An historical study of the culture and leadership of Jewish radical ultra-Orthodoxy in Hungary, Jerusalem and New York.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The de Haan assassination and the background to the formation of Neturei Karta; 2. Rabbi Amram Blau, founder of the Neturei Karta movement; 3. The modesty campaigns of Rabbi Amram Blau and the Neturei Karta movement, 1938-74; 4. Messianic activism in the work and thought of Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapira (the Munkacser Rebbe) in the interwar period; 5. The life and work of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, founder of the Satmar Hasidic court in New York; 6. Eschatology, dualism, and the decline of the generations - the world view of radical ultra-orthodoxy; 7. Jewish zealotry - past and present; Epilogue. Contemporary trends in radical ultra-orthodoxy.

About the author

Motti Inbari is an Associate Professor of Religion at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke. He is a leading expert on Jewish fundamentalism and has won such prestigious awards as the Adolf L. Dial Award for Scholarship in 2014.

Summary

A study of the culture and leadership of Jewish radical ultra-Orthodoxy in Hungary, Jerusalem and New York. Inbari reviews the history, ideology and gender relations of prominent ultra-Orthodox leaders Amram Blau, founder of the anti-Zionist Jerusalemite Neturei Karta, and Yoel Teitelbaum, head of the Satmar Hasidic movement.

Product details

• Authors: Motti Inbari, Motti (University of North Carolina Inbari, Inbari Motti
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781107458475
• ISBN: 978-1-107-45847-5
• No. of pages: 273
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, comparative religion, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Religion & politics, Jewish Studies, Biography: religious & spiritual, Religious issues & debates, Religion and Politics, Biography: religious and spiritual, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Religious issues and debates