Artifacts of Orthodox Jewish Childhoods

Personal and Critical Essays

Dainy Bernstein

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English

Ben Yehuda Press
13 April 2022

Religious fundamentalism; Judaism; Jewish studies

The books, music, toys and experiences we grow up with shape who we become as adults. All those things are a reflection of how a society regards and raises its children.

The culture of mainstream American childhood is vastly different than the culture of Orthodox Jewish childhood - which is itself a rich and varied landscape of texts, music, toys, and more, with nuanced shadings from one sect of Orthodox Judaism to the next.

Dr. Dainy Bernstein has collected a treasury of essays examining the artifacts of Orthodox Jewish childhood and how they influence a child's developing view of the wider world - and their inner world. Walk the path of Orthodox Jewish Childhood: frum female heroes in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish fiction, the cultural considerations of making children's toys, a visual guide to modesty, the power and pathos of parodies, cartoons with an ethical message, the courageous creativity of camp songs, and personal accounts of invisibility, heresy, and imagination. No two essays are alike, yet they all carry common threads that weave together the amazing tapestry that is Orthodox Jewish childhood.

Edited by: Dainy Bernstein
Imprint: Ben Yehuda Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 395g
ISBN: 9781953829252
ISBN 10: 1953829252
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 13 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Dainy Bernstein holds a PhD in English and a Certificate in Medieval Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. Eir work focuses primarily on contemporary Haredi children's texts and materials, and ey also studies medieval British and Ashkenazic children and childhood in literature. Dainy was born and raised in Boro Park, Brooklyn, and attended Bais Yaakov schools from pre-school through high school. Ey then attended Yavne Seminary in Cleveland and taught English at Bais Yaakov of Boro Park before pursuing higher education. Dainy teaches college composition, medieval literature, and children's and Young Adult literature at Lehman College, CUNY. Eir current projects include a book on the beginnings of Haredi children's literature and an online database of Haredi children's texts, songs, and material culture.