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The World of the Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry

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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?

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The World of the Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry 2000, Ktav Publishing House

ISBN-13: 9780881256413

Augmented edition

Trade paperback

World of the Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry 1986, Yale University Press

ISBN-13: 9780300037159

Trade paperback

The World of the Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry 1982, Free Press

ISBN-13: 9780029146408

Hardcover