Fordham University            The Jesuit University of New York
 


Ayala Fader, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology (at Lincoln Center)
B.A., New York University; M.A., Teachers College, 
Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University, 2000.

Lowenstein 923B
113 W. 60th Street  
New York, NY 10023
tel: (212) 636-6513
fax: (212) 636-7153

fader@fordham.edu

 
Research Interests
Jewish ethnography, religion, language and culture, gender, childhood, urban anthropology.
 
Selected Publications

Articles

In press.  "Jewish Spirituality and Late Capitalism in an Upper West Side Manhattan Synagogue." Journal of Jewish Culture and History 8(3).
 
In press.  "The Jewish Children's Museum Roundtable Discussion." Material Judaism 3.3. 

Forthcoming.      "The Jewish Child." In Companion to the Handbook of the Child, Richard Schweder, ed. University of Chicago Press. 

2007.       "Reflections on Queen Esther: The Politics of Jewish Ethnography." Contemporary Jewry 27:112-136.
 
2007.       "Redeeming Sacred Sparks: Syncretism and Gendered Language Shift among Hasidic Jews in New York." Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 17(1):1-23 .
 
2006.       "Learning Faith: Language Socialization in a Hasidic Community." Language in    Society 35(2):207-229. 
 
2001.       "Literacy, Bilingualism and Gender in a Hasidic Community." Linguistics and Education 12(3):261-283. 

 

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Language and Culture; The Anthropology of Cities; Magic, Science, and Religion; Passages: The Lifecycle in Cross-Cultural Perspective; Language, Gender, and Power; Cultures of New York

Graduate

Fieldwork: Ethnic and Religious Communities

 


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