@Book{770313485, author="Baʼumel-Shṿarts, Yehudit Tidor", title="Identity, heroism and religion in the lives of contemporary Jewish women", year="2013", edition="1. ed.", publisher="Lang", address="Bern", keywords="Jewish women; Religious life; History; Women and religion", contents="IntroductionBridges between yesterday and tomorrow : the role of diaspora culture in the stories of fifth Aliyah heroines -- The rescue of Jewish girls and teenage young women to England and the USA during the Holocaust from the gendered perspective -- The identity of women in the Sheerit hapletah : personal and gendered identity as determinants in their rehabilitation, immigration and resettlement -- Teacher, tiller, soldier, spy : women's representation in Israeli military memorials -- Founding myths and heroic icons : reflections on the funerals of Theodor Herzl and Hannah Szenes -- The lives and deaths of female military casualties in Israel during the 1950s -- Female icons of the zionist movement : the making of a national heroine in Israel -- Pioneers, teachers, and mothers : ultra orthodox women among Sheerit Hapletah -- Reflections on the study of women status and identity in the religious zionist movement -- Frum surfing : orthodox Jewish women's internet forums as a historical and cultural phenomenon -- ``It is our custom from der alter heim'' : the role of orthodox Jewish women's internet forums in reinventing and transmitting historical and religious tradition -- Bibliography -- Index.", note="Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz", note="Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-466) and index", isbn="3034313454", language="English" }