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- Title
My Grandmother's Tkhine: Immigrant Jewish Women's Lives, Identities and Prayers in Early Twentieth-Century America.
- Abstract
The article discusses the role played by devotional prayers in the construction of immigrant identity and empowerment in U.S. Topics discussed include difference between Tkhines and standard Jewish public prayer; publication of the Shas tkhine rav pninim, first volume of tkhines for immigrant Jewish women in U.S. in the early 21st century; and reference of Beis Ya‘akov of Rabbi Jacob Emden.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TEHINNOT; SELF-efficacy; JEWISH prayers &; devotions; PRAYER books; IMMIGRANTS
- Publication
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2017, Issue 31, p146
- ISSN
0793-8934
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/nashim.31.1.07