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

ISBN: 9781107458475 出版年：2016 页码：276 Motti Inbari Cambridge University Press

In Jewish Radical Ultra-Orthodoxy Confronts Modernity, Zionism and Women’s Equality, Professor Motti Inbari undertakes a study of the culture and leadership of Jewish radical ultra-Orthodoxy in Hungary, Jerusalem, and New York. He reviews the history, ideology, and gender relations of prominent ultra-Orthodox leaders Amram Blau (1894–1974), founder of the anti-Zionist Jerusalemite Neturei Karta, and Yoel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), head of the Satmar Hasidic movement in New York. Focusing on the rabbis’ biographies, the author analyzes their enclave building methods, their attitude to women and modesty, and their eschatological perspectives. The research is based on newly discovered archival materials, covering many unique and remarkable findings. The author concludes with a discussion of contemporary trends in Jewish religious radicalization. Inbari highlights the resilience of the current generations’ sense of community cohesion and their capacity to adapt and overcome challenges such as rehabilitation into potentially hostile secular societies.