Open AccessFamily, Philosophy, Fitness: On Female Education in a Chassidic Community
Author(s) -
Галина Зеленина
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
kulʹtura slavân i kulʹtura evreev: dialog, shodstva, različiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2658-3356
DOI - 10.31168/2658-3356.2018.13
Subject(s) - torah , modernity , negotiation , judaism , gender studies , power (physics) , hierarchy , sociology , order (exchange) , social science , theology , political science , law , philosophy , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , economics
This paper is about baalot-teshuva (women who “returned” to Orthodox Judaism) in Chabad Lubavitch community in Moscow. It explores their self-image and Lubavitch leadership’s approach to women’s question through the lens of one specific aspect of their lives – adult women’s regular education. Along with traditional lessons on the Torah and female religious duties Chabad encourages lessons on healthy diet and family psychology and fitness classes in order to support the women’s negotiating with modernity while retaining traditional values and patriarchal power hierarchy.