Shaul Stampfer: Families, Rabbis and Education

Shaul Stampfer’s new book, Families Rabbis and Education: Essays on Traditional Jewish Society in Eastern Europe,
has just been published. Below is the table of contents.
The Social Implications of Very Early Marriage in Eastern Europe in the Nineteenth Century
Love and Family Life among East European Jewry in the Modern Period
Scientific Welfare and Lonely Old People: The Development of Old Age Homes among Jews in Eastern Europe
Gender Differentiation and Education of the Jewish Woman in Nineteenth Century Eastern Europe
Remarriage among Jews and Christians in Nineteenth-Century Eastern Europe
The Pushke and its Development
Heder Study, Knowledge of Torah and the Maintenance of Social Stratification in Traditional East European Jewish Society
Literacy among East European Jewry in the Modern Period: Context, Background, and Implications
Hungarian Yeshivot, Lithuanian Yeshivot, and Josef Ben David
Hasidic Yeshivot in Interwar Poland
Dormitory and Yeshiva in Eastern Europe
The Controversy over Shechita and the Struggle between Hasidim and Mitnagdim
The Rabbinate in Eastern Europe that Wasn’t
Inheritance of the Rabbinate in Eastern Europe in the Modern Period: Causes, Factors, and Development over Time
February 24th, 2010 at 12:40 am
i read some of his stuff in grad school and enjoyed it. thanks for bringing this book to my attention