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Finkelman, Yoel

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“…Although often described as Torah wisdom, the sources of their work are largely drawn from popular psychological trends that have in turn been supplied by Euro-American intellectual movements. Finkelman (2011b) illustrates the strategy of coalescence in the American Haredi community whereby these writers remove many of the objectionable ideas and foundations of the material they write about to make their work acceptable within a Haredi frame. Hakak (2011) has documented a similar trend within the ultra-orthodox community in Israel.…”

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Parenting beliefs in ultra‐orthodox families in Israel: The integration of structure and support

Ganz

2023

Family Relations

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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to explore the parenting beliefs of large ultra‐orthodox families living in Israel within the context of religion, culture, and large family size.BackgroundThe ultra‐orthodox community in Israel represents a growing and insular population. Little research has been done exploring the nature of parenting beliefs in this community. In particular, the opinions of children on this topic have been neglected in the literature.MethodA qualitative design using semistructured interviews was used as the primary research instrument. The study sample consisted of 25 individuals from five ultra‐orthodox families. All members of the family above age 10 were interviewed.ResultsParents focused on the individuality of their children and made efforts to provide individualized attention to them. These intentions existed alongside a strong emphasis from both parents and children on hierarchy and respect for elders. These beliefs were identified as “Torah values” and were understood to originate within a religious framework with divine origin.ConclusionClinical and research implications of the findings are discussed. Participants supported a framework that emphasized the Euro‐American parenting values of individuality and support but did not include democratic elements of child–parent interaction. Instead, hierarchical beliefs that reinforced family hierarchy and obedience from children predominated.ImplicationsIn ultra‐orthodox households in Israel, firm boundaries and strict hierarchy should not be associated with low levels of warmth and attunement. A lack of tolerance for difference is not necessarily an indication of an absence of appreciation of individuality.

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Parenting beliefs in ultra‐orthodox families in Israel: The integration of structure and support

Ganz

2023

Family Relations

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“…In contrast to the haredi literature examined by Yoel Finkelman, which targets contemporary haredi readers immersed willy-nilly in American culture, the Chabad biographies try at the same time to win over a nonharedi, often secular, university-educated reader. 110 Indeed, books of openly hagiographic character, not dissimilar to Yosef Yiz . h .…”

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Beyond Hagiography with Footnotes: Writing Biographies of the Chabad Rebbe in the Post-Schneerson Era

Tworek¹

2019

AJS Rev.

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This article discusses the biographies of Menachem Mendel Schneerson (the Rebbe) within the broader context of Chabad historiographic lore, in particular the quasi-historical writings of Yosef Yiẓḥak Schneersohn from the 1930s and 1940s. Described by Ada Rapoport-Albert as “hagiography with footnotes,” these seemingly scholarly and modern texts constituted an alternative narrative to that of academic Jewish history. From this vantage point, I consider how biographies published by academics and by hasidic authors have mutually influenced each other, particularly in their scope, form, and method. To that end, I examine the controversy that surrounded the 2010 publication of the first academic biography of Schneerson, Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman's The Rebbe, and analyze the strategies undertaken by subsequent authors that have allowed them to present the Rebbe's life in a form that was no longer “hagiography with footnotes” (which would have alienated a secular readership) but as seemingly impartial biographies (without alienating the hasidic readership).

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Attachment Theory’s Universality Hypothesis: Clinical Implications for Culturally Responsive Assessment

Ganz¹

2018

Smith College Studies in Social Work

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Strictly Kosher Reading

Cited by 8 publications

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Parenting beliefs in ultra‐orthodox families in Israel: The integration of structure and support

Parenting beliefs in ultra‐orthodox families in Israel: The integration of structure and support

Beyond Hagiography with Footnotes: Writing Biographies of the Chabad Rebbe in the Post-Schneerson Era

Attachment Theory’s Universality Hypothesis: Clinical Implications for Culturally Responsive Assessment

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