{"product_id":"authentically-orthodox-zev-eleff-9780814344804","title":"Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a fresh perspective, \u003cem\u003eAuthentically Orthodox: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the current historical paradigm in the study of Orthodox Judaism and other tradition-bound faith communities in the United States.Paying attention to \"lived religion,\" the book moves beyond sermons and synagogues and examines the webs of experiences mediated by any number of American cultural forces. With exceptional writing, Zev Eleff lucidly explores Orthodox Judaism's engagement with Jewish law, youth culture and gender, and how this religious group has been affected by its indigenous environs. To do this, the book makes ample use of archives and other previously unpublished primary sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleff explores the curious history of Passover peanut oil and the folkways and foodways that battled in this culinary arena to both justify and rebuff the validity of this healthier substitute for other fatty ingredients. He looks at the Yeshiva University quiz team's fifteen minutes of fame on the nationally televised \u003cem\u003eCollege Bowl\u003c\/em\u003e program and the unprecedented pride of young people and youth culture in the burgeoning Modern Orthodox movement. Another chapter focuses on the advent of women's prayer groups as an alternative to other synagogue experiences in Orthodox life and the vociferous opposition it received on the grounds that it was motivated by \"heretical\" religious and social movements. Whereas past monographs and articles argue that these communities have moved right toward a conservative brand of faith, Eleff posits that Orthodox Judaism-like other like-minded religious enclaves-ought to be studied in their American religious contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe microhistories examined in \u003cem\u003eAuthentically Orthodox\u003c\/em\u003e are some of the most exciting and understudied moments in American Jewish life and will hold the interest of scholars and students of American Jewish history and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zev Eleff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814344801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814344804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Zev Eleff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47203226091775,"sku":"9780814344804","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24cded16-a87b-47e4-ba28-d186ece3d3cc.jpg?v=1756834724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/authentically-orthodox-zev-eleff-9780814344804","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}