Identity, heroism and religion in the lives of contemporary Jewish women / Judith Tydor BaumeL-Schwartz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Bridges between yesterday and tomorrow : the role of diaspora culture in the stories of fifth Aliyah heroines -- The rescue of Jewish girls and teenage young women to England and the USA during the Holocaust from the gendered perspective -- The identity of women in the Sheerit hapletah : personal and gendered identity as determinants in their rehabilitation, immigration and resettlement -- Teacher, tiller, soldier, spy : women's representation in Israeli military memorials -- Founding myths and heroic icons : reflections on the funerals of Theodor Herzl and Hannah Szenes -- The lives and deaths of female military casualties in Israel during the 1950s -- Female icons of the zionist movement : the making of a national heroine in Israel -- Pioneers, teachers, and mothers : ultra orthodox women among Sheerit Hapletah -- Reflections on the study of women status and identity in the religious zionist movement -- Frum surfing : orthodox Jewish women's internet forums as a historical and cultural phenomenon -- "It is our custom from der alter heim" : the role of orthodox Jewish women's internet forums in reinventing and transmitting historical and religious tradition -- Bibliography -- Index.