TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benor,Sarah
TI  - Becoming frum: how newcomers learn the language and culture of Orthodox Judaism 
T2  - Jewish cultures of the world
SN  - 9780813553917
AV  - BM723 .B436 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Jewish way of life
KW  - Jews
KW  - Return to Orthodox Judaism
KW  - Orthodox Judaism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Hebrew language
KW  - Yiddish language
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction : Orthodox Jews and language socialization --; "Now you look like a lady" : adventures in ethnographic and sociolinguistic fieldwork --; "He has tzitzis hanging out of his ponytail" : Orthodox cultural practices and how bts adapt them --; "This is not what to record" : Yiddish, Hebrew, and the English of orthodox Jews --; "Torah or toyrah" : language and the modern orthodox to black hat continuum --; "Just keepin' it real, mamish" : why ba'alei teshuva adopt (or avoid) Orthodox language --; "I finally got the lingo" : progression in newcomers' acquisition of Orthodox language --; "A ba'al teshuva freak" : distinguishing practices of newly Orthodox Jews --; Matisyahu and my fair lady : reflections on adult language socialization; 2; b
N2  - 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 grammar. Becoming Frum explains how these newcomers learn Orthodox language and culture through their interactions with community veterans and other newcomers
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