The Donigers of Great Neck
Author | : Wendy Doniger |
Publisher | : Brandeis University Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781512603521 |
ISBN-13 | : 151260352X |
Rating | : 4/5 (52X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Donigers of Great Neck written by Wendy Doniger and published by Brandeis University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the story of the contrasting Judaisms that Wendy Doniger's two parents brought from their very different homes in Europe during World War I; of their paths to a shared but sharply bifurcated life in America during World War II, her father a publisher, her mother a political activist; and of the ways in which their attitudes to religion in general, and Judaism in particular, influenced the author's development as a Jewish woman and a scholar of religion"--