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| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The Baal Teshuva Survival Guide Lisa Aiken, 2009 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The World of the Yeshiva William B. Helmreich, 2000 In the advance yeshiva, adult males spend long periods of time-sometimes their entire lives-studying and interpreting traditional writings on Jewish law and theology, all but totally cut off from the mainstream of American life, and indeed, the lives of most American Jews. Why is this East European incarnation of an ancient Jewish tradition flourishing in present-day America? What does its successful transplantaion tell us about Orthodox Jewish life? |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Yeshiva Days Jonathan Boyarin, 2020-10-06 An intimate and moving portrait of daily life in New York's oldest institution of traditional rabbinic learning New York City's Lower East Side has witnessed a severe decline in its Jewish population in recent decades, yet every morning in the big room of the city's oldest yeshiva, students still gather to study the Talmud beneath the great arched windows facing out onto East Broadway. Yeshiva Days is Jonathan Boyarin's uniquely personal account of the year he spent as both student and observer at Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, and a poignant chronicle of a side of Jewish life that outsiders rarely see. Boyarin explores the yeshiva's relationship with the neighborhood, the city, and Jewish and American culture more broadly, and brings vividly to life its routines, rituals, and rhythms. He describes the compelling and often colorful personalities he encounters each day, and introduces readers to the Rosh Yeshiva, or Rebbi, the moral and intellectual head of the yeshiva. Boyarin reflects on the tantalizing meanings of study for its own sake in the intellectually vibrant world of traditional rabbinic learning, and records his fellow students' responses to his negotiation of the daily complexities of yeshiva life while he also conducts anthropological fieldwork. A richly mature work by a writer of uncommon insight, wit, and honesty, Yeshiva Days is the story of a place on the Lower East Side with its own distinctive heritage and character, a meditation on the enduring power of Jewish tradition and learning, and a record of a different way of engaging with time and otherness. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Jewish Communities of the Five Towns and the Rockaways The Jewish Heritage Society of the Five Towns, 2015-08-31 The Five Towns--comprising the villages of Cedarhurst and Lawrence and the communities of Woodmere, Hewlett, and Inwood--is an area nestled on the South Shore of Long Island next to the easternmost part of Queens, known as Far Rockaway. Originally popular as a Jewish summer vacation spot near the Atlantic Ocean, the Five Towns and the Far Rockaway area grew to become a thriving, year-round Jewish metropolis, with thousands of families and scores of synagogues and Jewish educational institutions. A center for shopping and kosher restaurants, the Five Towns area has become one of the most popular locations for young, married Jewish couples. Jewish influence has expanded greatly in local government and education. The rich history of the early years of Jewish growth and development in the Five Towns and Rockaways lends a deeper understanding of this phenomenal change of demographics and influence that has occurred over the last few decades. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Jewish Arguments and Counterarguments Steven Bayme, 2002 Steven Bayme examines the challenges facing American Jewry, the Contemprary significance of Israel and Jewish peoplehood, and the claims of Jewish tradition in the modern world. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The Kashrus Newsletter , 1982 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The Future of Judaism in America Jerome A. Chanes, Mark Silk, 2023-04-19 This book explores the state of the American Jewish world in the early 21st century, after decades of accelerating change that has transformed it and all other religious groups in the United States. It reveals a community in an unparalleled state of flux grappling with a society in which religious identity is more and more considered an individual choice, rather than an inheritance, and where fewer adults feel impelled to identify with any religious tradition at all. In chapters written by leading experts, the book examines the community’s evolving demographics, the direction of the principal denominational movements, contemporary religious trends, interactions with other American religious communities and engagements in the country’s secular politics. This text uniquely covers all these aspects of Judaism in America making it appealing to students and researchers in such fields as the sociology of religion, Judaism, and American history. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: New York Magazine , 1986-11-17 New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: New York Magazine , 1986-11-17 New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Becoming Frum Sarah Bunin Benor, 2012-11-15 When non-Orthodox Jews become frum (religious), they encounter much more than dietary laws and Sabbath prohibitions. They find themselves in the midst of a whole new culture, involving matchmakers, homemade gefilte fish, and Yiddish-influenced grammar. Becoming Frum explains how these newcomers learn Orthodox language and culture through their interactions with community veterans and other newcomers. Some take on as much as they can as quickly as they can, going beyond the norms of those raised in the community. Others maintain aspects of their pre-Orthodox selves, yielding unique combinations, like Matisyahu’s reggae music or Hebrew words and sing-song intonation used with American slang, as in “mamish (really) keepin’ it real.” Sarah Bunin Benor brings insight into the phenomenon of adopting a new identity based on ethnographic and sociolinguistic research among men and women in an American Orthodox community. Her analysis is applicable to other situations of adult language socialization, such as students learning medical jargon or Canadians moving to Australia. Becoming Frum offers a scholarly and accessible look at the linguistic and cultural process of “becoming.” |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Barracuda in the Attic Kipp Friedman, 2013-10-04 The son of writer and satirist Bruce Jay Friedman, Kipp Friedman, wrote a memoir about growing up and getting into hi-jinx on both coasts with his brothers Drew and Josh Friedman (both famous in their own right): with appearances by mobster Joe Gallo, Groucho Marx, and others. Whether shooting pool with the mobster Crazy Joey Gallo, attending a dinner party hosted by an aged but remarkably spry Groucho Marx, or simply playing doctor with a classmate in the former estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kipp Friedman led a colorful childhood. The youngest son of celebrated writer and satirist Bruce Jay Friedman, Kipp looks back fondly on the amusing and sometimes confusing events and encounters that helped shape his early life in this moving tribute to growing up among a family of creative artists―swept up in the whirlwind of the New York arts scene of the 1960s and ’70s. Follow Kipp’s exploits as bystander and willing participant as he joins older brothers Josh (writer and musician) and Drew (renowned cartoonist and illustrator) as three musketeers on a youthful quest to discover the scariest low-budget horror movies along 42nd Street and Times Square. Delight in their search for classic comic books, monster magazines (and the occasional “nudie” magazine) at their beloved, dingy “Back-Issue Store” in midtown Manhattan. Encounter his family’s bizarre Cold War-like relationship with their new neighbors in an updated suburban Jewish version of the Hatfields vs. the McCoys. Witness their Marx Brothers-like antics while on an all-expenses-paid junket at the Beverly Hills Hotel courtesy of CBS. The stage shifts from New York City to the Caribbean to the suburbs of Long Island, and from the South of France to Broadway and Hollywood as Kipp retraces his family’s defining moments―with the backdrop of his father’s meteoric rise from editor of men’s adventure magazines to successful novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. Through it all, Kipp paints a loving portrait of a childhood and family life that is both magical and yet familiar and real. Barracuda in the Attic is truly a family affair, written by Kipp, with a cover illustration by Drew Friedman, an introduction by paterfamilias Bruce Jay Friedman, and an afterword by Josh Friedman, and is copiously illustrated with photos of the family and their literati friends and hangers-on. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Sephardi Religious Responses to Modernity Norman A. Stillman, 2013-11-05 First Published in 1995. Throughout the nineteenth century the entire structure of the Ashkenazi world crumbled. What remains of Ashkenazi Jewry today is split into irreconcilable religious camps on the one hand, and a large body of secularized Jews of greater or lesser ethnicity on the other. The Sephardi and Oriental Jews, who form the other great branch of world Jewry, had a very different encounter with the forces of modernity. This book examines some of their responses to its challenges. The Sephardi religious leaders, who had been historically more open to general culture, reacted with neither the anti-traditionalism of Reform Judaism nor the Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox 's uncompromising rejection of everything new. Their response was rather one of active and creative halakhic engagement coupled with a tolerant attitude toward the growing secularized elements of their communities. Much has been written on the social, economic, and political transformation of Sephardi and Oriental Jewry in the modem era. However, this is the first book in English devoted to the religious changes taking place in this important segment of Jewry which now constitutes the majority of Jews in the Jewish state. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: History of a Chicago Synagogue Agudas Achim North Shore Congregation Founded October 25, 1884 Rabbi Philip Lefkowitz, 2018-11-02 In his book History of a Chicago Synagogue: Agudas Achim North Shore Congregation, Rabbi Philip Lefkowitz has provided a treasure trove of information, rare photographs, and historic documents that together offer a rich history of the synagogue in which he has served as the rabbinic leader, and in which so many others devoted their heart and soul to sustain and preserve. There is much in this book that will captivate the interest of anyone who wishes to learn more about the rich heritage of the Chicago Jewish community. This volume also serves as a loving tribute to Rabbi Lefkowitz's son, the late Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Lefkowitz, who brought pride to his family during his brief life span through his care and devotion to others. Rabbi Yona Reiss, Av Bet Din, Chief Judge Bet Din, Ecclesiastical Court of the Chicago Rabbinical Council |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Piety and Power David Landau, 1993 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The Invisible Hand Chaim Dalfin, 2002 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: A Jewish Professor's Political Punditry Ron Rubin, 2013-06-17 This publication is a collection of Ron Rubin’s published writings, amassed over his decades-long career. With articles ranging from those written for a college newspaper during his years as an undergraduate to more recent pieces published on the national level, this anthology provides an extensive look at the contemporary issues that have influenced the Jewish community. The author addresses a wide variety of topics including American Jewish political and social behavior, Israel among the nations, Soviet anti-Semitism, and political and public personalities who have had an impact on, or been affected by, the Jewish world. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: New York Magazine , 1986-11-17 New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Jewish Identity and Eastern Religions Judith Ann Linzer, 1996 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: New York Magazine , 1991-01-28 New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The Jewish Press of the World Josef Fraenkel, World Jewish Congress, 1967 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Tradition , 1986 A journal of Orthodox Jewish thought. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Jewish Social Studies , 1963 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The New American Judaism Jack Wertheimer, 2020-03-31 Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies—an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past forty years, and many who remain active struggle to reconcile their hallowed traditions with new perspectives—from feminism and the LGBTQ movement to do-it-yourself religion and personally defined spirituality. Taking a fresh look at American Judaism today, Jack Wertheimer, a leading authority on the subject, sets out to discover how Jews of various orientations practice their religion in this radically altered landscape. Which observances still resonate, and which ones have been given new meaning? What options are available for seekers or those dissatisfied with conventional forms of Judaism? And how are synagogues responding? Offering new and often-surprising answers to these questions, Wertheimer reveals an American Jewish landscape that combines rash disruption and creative reinvention, religious illiteracy and dynamic experimentation. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Present Tense , 1979 The magazine of world Jewish affairs. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Judaic Studies , 2004 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The Jewish Social Service Quarterly , 1993 Beginning with 1931, the Sept. issue consists of the Proceedings of the conference. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Kashrus , 2000 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: American Jewish Year Book 2014 Arnold Dashefsky, Ira Sheskin, 2014-11-19 This book, in its 114th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities, examining the recently completed Pew Report (A Portrait of Jewish American), gender in American Jewish life, national and Jewish communal affairs and the US and world Jewish population. It also acts as an important resource with lists of Jewish Institutions, Jewish periodicals and academic resources as well as Jewish honorees, obituaries and major recent events. It should prove useful to social scientists and historians of the American Jewish community, Jewish communal workers and the press, among others. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings William C. Innes, Jr, 2021-04-30 This book explores the fascinating world of religious hair observances within six religious traditions that account for 77% of the world’s adherents: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Symbolic use of hair has been, and remains, prevalent in all six and carries significant amounts of religious and social meaning. Hair is a unique body substance. It can be shaped and colored, removed from us without pain but still retain an individual’s essence, signal our age, sex, and sexual maturity, and much, much more. The book’s approach is to situate each practice within its tradition. That requires a study of its foundational leaders and their teachings, sacred texts (where they mention hair), its rites and rituals, ideas of religious power and subsequent historical development. Contemporary practitioners are interviewed for their motivations. Even more insight can be gleaned by searching beyond an overt religious purpose. Social scientists from anthropology, sociology, psychology, and related fields bring their research to deliver added perceptions. The author reveals how hair practices are created from ancient psychological and cultural impulses, become modified by time, culture and religious intent, and are adopted by adherents for reasons ranging from personal religious expression to group identity. This book is written for the interested observer of our increasingly diverse society and for the student of comparative religion and sociology. It will change forever how you see hair. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Journey to Tradition Michael Graubart Levin, 1986 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture Jack Fischel, 2008-12-30 This unique encyclopedia chronicles American Jewish popular culture, past and present in music, art, food, religion, literature, and more. Over 150 entries, written by scholars in the field, highlight topics ranging from animation and comics to Hollywood and pop psychology. Without the profound contributions of American Jews, the popular culture we know today would not exist. Where would music be without the music of Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand, humor without Judd Apatow and Jerry Seinfeld, film without Steven Spielberg, literature without Phillip Roth, Broadway without Rodgers and Hammerstein? These are just a few of the artists who broke new ground and changed the face of American popular culture forever. This unique encyclopedia chronicles American Jewish popular culture, past and present in music, art, food, religion, literature, and more. Over 150 entries, written by scholars in the field, highlight topics ranging from animation and comics to Hollywood and pop psychology. Up-to-date coverage and extensive attention to political and social contexts make this encyclopedia is an excellent resource for high school and college students interested in the full range of Jewish popular culture in the United States. Academic and public libraries will also treasure this work as an incomparable guide to our nation's heritage. Illustrations complement the text throughout, and many entries cite works for further reading. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography of print and electronic sources to encourage further research. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The Seforim Newsletter , 1985 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Reb Shraga Feivel Yonason Rosenblum, 2001 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Tikkun , 2005 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Abarbanel on the Torah Isaac Abravanel, 2017 |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Torah and Dharma Judith Linzer, 1996 In Torah and Dharma: Jewish Seekers in Eastern Religions, psychologist Dr. Judith Linzer explores the phenomenon of Jews seeking spiritual fulfillment in Eastern religions, particularly Buddhism. Written with the intention of encouraging unity and understanding amongst all Jews, Torah and Dharma will allow those who are not seeking meaning outside of traditional Judaism to better understand those who are, and it will provide comfort and inspiration to those embarking on a spiritual quest of their own. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe Gershon David Hundert, Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, 2008 This unprecedented reference work systematically represents the history and culture of Eastern European Jews from their first settlement in the region to the present day. More than 1,800 alphabetical entries encompass a vast range of topics, including religion, folklore, politics, art, music, theater, language and literature, places, organizations, intellectual movements, and important figures. The two-volume set also features more than 1,000 illustrations and 55 maps. With original and up-to-date contributions from an international team of 450 distinguished scholars, the Encyclopedia covers the region between Germany and the Ural Mountains, from which more than 2.5 million Jews emigrated to the United States between 1870 and 1920. Even today the majority of Jewish immigrants to North America arrive from Eastern Europe. Engaging, wide-ranging, and authoritative, this work is a rich and essential reference for readers with interests in Jewish studies and Eastern European history and culture. Published in cooperation with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Authentisches Judentum oder gefährlicher Messianismus Christiane Altmann, 2017-11-01 Christiane Altmann untersucht erstmals die Debatte um den Lubavitcher rebe, Rabbi Schneerson, den sog. „Messias von Brooklyn“. Anders als die bisherigen Studien schildert die Autorin den Messianismus im Kontext jüdischer Konfliktstrategien und vertritt die These, dass die biblische Erlösungsgestalt auch in der Moderne nicht an Attraktivität eingebüßt hat. Der Messias, als zentraler Glaube des Judentums, birgt nicht nur revolutionäres Potenzial, sondern auch eine innovative Kraft. Christiane Altmann erklärt, wie sich der Messias-Glaube um Schneerson entwickelte, Spannungen provozierte und jene Dynamik entfaltete, die bis heute erfolgreich jüdischer Assimilation und Säkularisierung widerspricht. |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: The Ethnography of Reading Jonathan Boyarin, 1993 A very satisfying, diverse treatment of a topic that has been ignored because it has been hard to treat.--George E. Marcus, Rice University |
| baal teshuva yeshiva new york: Searching for God in the Garbage Bracha Goetz, 2017-12-02 Non-fiction story of a woman's struggle with eating disorders and addictions. |
Baal - Wikipedia
Baal (/ ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl /), [6][a] or Baʻal, [b] was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or ' lord ' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among …
Who Is Baal in the Bible? Story and Meaning - Christianity.com
Oct 23, 2023 · Who Is Baal? Baal was the supreme god of Canaan and Phoenicia, whose worship infiltrated Jewish religious life during the Judges and became popular in Israel during Ahab's …
Baal | Definition, Myths, Worship, & Facts | Britannica
Apr 22, 2025 · Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities, especially among the Canaanites, who apparently considered him a fertility deity and one of the most …
Who was Baal? - GotQuestions.org
Sep 11, 2023 · Baal was the name of the supreme god worshiped in ancient Canaan and Phoenicia. The practice of Baal worship infiltrated Jewish religious life during the time of the …
Baal - World History Encyclopedia
Nov 5, 2021 · Baal (also given as Ba'al) is a Canaanite-Phoenician god of fertility and weather, specifically rainstorms. The name was also used as a title, however, meaning "Lord" and was …
Baal - New World Encyclopedia
In the Bible, Baal (also rendered Baʿal) was an important Canaanite god, often portrayed as the primary enemy of the Hebrew God Yahweh. The Semitic word "baal" (meaning '"Lord") was …
Meaning and Origin Story of Baal, the ancient deity in the Levant ...
Feb 18, 2024 · Baal, a prominent deity in the ancient Levantine pantheon, embodies a complex and multifaceted character within the religious practices of the region, particularly among the …
Who Was Baal? - Topical Studies | Bible Study Tools
Aug 25, 2023 · The Baal mentioned in the Bible was a universal fertility god and a storm god associated with bringing rain and dew in the Canaan area. The Phoenicians called him the …
Baal - World Mythos
Dec 19, 2024 · Baal is a prominent deity in Canaanite mythology, revered as a god of storms, fertility, and agriculture. His name translates to “lord” or “master,” and he is often depicted as a …
Baal | Encyclopedia.com
Jun 8, 2018 · Identified as the warrior Hadd (or Hadad) in the Late Bronze Age texts from Ugarit, Baal is a popular deity in Syro-Palestinian or "Canaanite" religious traditions as a god of …
Baal - Wikipedia
Baal (/ ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl /), [6][a] or Baʻal, [b] was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or ' lord ' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among …
Who Is Baal in the Bible? Story and Meaning - Christianity.com
Oct 23, 2023 · Who Is Baal? Baal was the supreme god of Canaan and Phoenicia, whose worship infiltrated Jewish religious life during the Judges and became popular in Israel during Ahab's …
Baal | Definition, Myths, Worship, & Facts | Britannica
Apr 22, 2025 · Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities, especially among the Canaanites, who apparently considered him a fertility deity and one of the most …
Who was Baal? - GotQuestions.org
Sep 11, 2023 · Baal was the name of the supreme god worshiped in ancient Canaan and Phoenicia. The practice of Baal worship infiltrated Jewish religious life during the time of the …
Baal - World History Encyclopedia
Nov 5, 2021 · Baal (also given as Ba'al) is a Canaanite-Phoenician god of fertility and weather, specifically rainstorms. The name was also used as a title, however, meaning "Lord" and was …
Baal - New World Encyclopedia
In the Bible, Baal (also rendered Baʿal) was an important Canaanite god, often portrayed as the primary enemy of the Hebrew God Yahweh. The Semitic word "baal" (meaning '"Lord") was …
Meaning and Origin Story of Baal, the ancient deity in the Levant ...
Feb 18, 2024 · Baal, a prominent deity in the ancient Levantine pantheon, embodies a complex and multifaceted character within the religious practices of the region, particularly among the …
Who Was Baal? - Topical Studies | Bible Study Tools
Aug 25, 2023 · The Baal mentioned in the Bible was a universal fertility god and a storm god associated with bringing rain and dew in the Canaan area. The Phoenicians called him the …
Baal - World Mythos
Dec 19, 2024 · Baal is a prominent deity in Canaanite mythology, revered as a god of storms, fertility, and agriculture. His name translates to “lord” or “master,” and he is often depicted as a …
Baal | Encyclopedia.com
Jun 8, 2018 · Identified as the warrior Hadd (or Hadad) in the Late Bronze Age texts from Ugarit, Baal is a popular deity in Syro-Palestinian or "Canaanite" religious traditions as a god of storms …
