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Although women constitute half of the Jewish population and have always played essential roles in ensuring Jewish continuity and the preservation of Jewish beliefs and values, only recently have their contributions and achievements received sustained scholarly attention. Scholars have begun to investigate Jewish women's domestic, economic, intellectual, spiritual, and creative roles in Jewish life from biblical times to the present. Yet little of this important work has filtered down beyond specialists in their respective academic fields. "Women and Judaism" brings the broad new insights they have uncovered to the world. "Women and Judaism" communicates this research to a wider public of students and educated readers outside of the academy by presenting accessible and engaging chapters written by key senior scholars that introduce the reader to different aspects of women and Judaism. The contributors discuss feminist approaches to Jewish law and Torah study, the spirituality of Eastern European Jewish women, Jewish women in American literature, and many other issues. The contributors include: Nehama Aschkenasy, Judith R. Baskin, Sylvia Barack Fishman, Harriet Pass Freidenreich, Esther Fuchs, Judith Hauptman, Sara R. Horowitz, Renee Levine, Pamela S. Nadell, and Dvora Weisberg.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Women and Judaism
• Subtitle: New Insights and Scholarship
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780814732199
• ISBN: 0814732194
• ID: 04931340
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Weight: 386 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 156 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. November 2009

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