Traditional Society in Transition: The Yemeni Jewish Experience

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-27290-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism

In Traditional Society in Transition: The Yemeni Jewish Experience Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman offers an account of the unique circumstances of Yemeni Jewish existence in the wake of major changes since the second half of the nineteenth century. It follows this community's transition from a traditional patriarchal society to a group adjusting to the challenges of a modern society.

Unlike the perception of the Yemeni Jews as receptive to modernity only following immigration to Palestine and Israel, Eraqi Klorman convincingly shows that some modern ideas played a role in their lives while in Yemen. Once in Palestine, they appear here as adjusting to the new conditions by striving to participate in the Zionist enterprise, consenting to secular education, transforming family practices and the status of women.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eraqi Klorman, Bat-Zion

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Judentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Jewish Enlightenment and the Kabbala Dispute
Chapter 3: Jewish Immigration to East Africa
Chapter 4: Jewish Immigration to Palestine
Chapter 5: Challenging the Zionist Enterprise and Ethos
Chapter 6: Family Values in Transition: Inheritance, Polygamy
Chapter 7: Traditional Education and Secular Studies
Chapter 8: Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman, Ph.D. (1981), UCLA, is Dean of Academic Studies, The Open University of Israel, and Head of the Center for the Study of Relations between Jews, Christians, Muslims at that University. She has published monographs and many articles on the Yemeni Jews.