Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism by Sarah Bunin Benor

Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism

Sarah Bunin Benor

288 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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When non-Orthodox Jews become frum (religious), they encounter much more than dietary laws and Sabbath prohibitions. They find themselves in the midst of a whole new culture, involving matchmakers, homemade gefilte fish, and Yiddish-influenced gra...

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