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Professor Gideon Aran
Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Israel 91905Email: gideon.aran@mail.huji.ac.il
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Gideon Aran: Jewish Religious Sensitivity To Exposing The Foot
Jewish religious sensitivity to exposing the foot is not only a matter of modesty, nor is it merely the result of identifying being barefooted with the “primitivism” of the Mideastern sections of the population scorned by the Haredim. Written By … Continue reading
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Tagged exposing BODY, foot, Mideastern, Prof. Gideon Aran, symbolic meaning
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The Haredim body knowledge – On Foot
At the bottom of the lower part of the body we find the foot, the lowest limb, which is therefore particularly sensitive. The Haredim have a body of knowledge concerning the foot of God. Written By Professor Gideon AranAi?? There … Continue reading
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Tagged foot, Haredim body, limb, lower part of the body, professor Gideon Aran
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Prof. Gideon Aran: The Haredi’s singular costume
The Haredi’s singular costume is made complete by a special belt, which is meant to “interpose” (chatzitza) between that which lies above it, and that which lies below. Written By Prof. Gideon Aran The Hassidim in particular place emphasis on … Continue reading
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Tagged belt, chatzitza, gartel, Haredi’s singular, Prof. Gideon Aran
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Gideon Aran: Haredi culture and Jewish tradition
Haredi culture inherited from the Jewish tradition an attitude of suspicion and alienation, or even distaste, towards the lower body, and has given it special emphasis, both ritual and practical. Written By Gideon Aran Yeshiva students tell of a Rabbi … Continue reading
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Tagged Gideon Aran, Haredi culture, Jewish tradition, lower body, ritual and practical
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one city, three religions – Gideon Aran
Jerusalem: one city, three religions. In the hills of the Judean desert, earth and sky have always been separated by a thin line. Sociologist and anthropologist Gideon Aran said:”The political or religious conflict is imposed upon the national one. And … Continue reading
Prof. Gideon Aran: Below The Belt – The Haredi Body
It is understandable that the problematics of the Haredi body should be concentrated in its lower regions. One could say that for Haredim the lower part of the body is more bodily than the upper part, where we find the … Continue reading
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Tagged corporeality, Haredi Body, inversion, lower regions, Prof. Gideon Aran
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Prof. Gideon Aran: Short Sighted – Long Sighted
After their immersion the Haredim congregate near the exit from the mikveh to prepare for the early morning prayers. As they shroud themselves in their tallits and put on their tefillin one notices that virtually all of them are wearing … Continue reading
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Tagged Haredi Body, mikveh, Prof. Gideon Aran, tefillin, yeshiva
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Kookism Epilogue – Part 3
The crisis of both followers and faith has to do with a radical change the Kookism is going through – a change that draws us near to its own decline and end. Yeshayahu Leibowitz once sarcastically noted the following when … Continue reading
Nudity Is Equated With Privacy And Haredim Have So Little
Unlike modern secular contexts in which nudity is equated with privacy, which itself contributes to the problematics of nudity, it may be that because Haredim have so little privacy, and because their sense of privacy is relatively undeveloped, they have … Continue reading
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Tagged brotherhood, mikveh, nudity, privacy, Prof. Gideon Aran, sensitivity
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Jewish Religious Settlers Part 5
Now back to the disputed Territories. Let me point out the possibility of another alternative, one which is neither the hawkish Gush Emunim nor the leftist shalom achshav (Peace Now) style. Written By Gideon Aran The former sanctify the … Continue reading
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Tagged Gideon Aran, GUSH EMUNIM, post-Zionist, shalom achshav, Territories
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