Educated and Ignorant

Ultraorthodox Jewish Women and Their World

• Author(s): Tamar El-Or,
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Pages: 228
• ISBN_10: 1555873960
  ISBN_13: 9781555873967
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Women's Studies ,

Description:... This ethnography investigates the meaning of learning in the lives of ultra-orthodox Jewish women. Presenting a picture of the Gur Hassidic community in Israel, the author explores the relationship between women's literacy and their subordination. She finds that ultra-orthodox women are taught to be ignorant.