Spiritual Makeup: Religion and Cosmetics (Religion in American History Blog Post)
For early Americans and Europeans alike, cosmetics carried spiritual and moral messages. In this post I look to three examples of the use...
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leibman
Oct 15, 20141 min read
When Women Don't Marry: Single Blessedness and the Shidduch Crisis (Religion in American History blo
"Save our desperate daughters," proclaims the cover article in issue 521 of Mishpacha [family] magazine, an English-language,...
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leibman
Sep 11, 20141 min read
Female (Mis)Behavior, Class, and Religious Authority: Bath Attendants in Early America (Religion in
What can baths tell us, then, about the everyday lives and challenges women faced in early America? In this post, I move beyond an...
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leibman
Jun 19, 20141 min read
Jews and Judaism in the American World of “Difference” (Religion in American History blog post)
Last week's American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) Biennial Scholars Conference on "Jews and Judaism in the American World of...
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leibman
Mar 20, 20142 min read
Sephardic Learning Online
In my recent post on religion and children's toys, I noted that orthodox Jews have taken advantage of and adapted technology. A great...
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leibman
Feb 16, 20141 min read
Religion and Toys: Religion in American History Blog Post
Why is it that Christian Fundamentalists have had better kitsch than Charedi Jews? Will this always be the case? To answer this question,...
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