Women in Judaism: Reexamining an Historical Paradigm
In: Shofar: a quarterly interdisciplinary journal of Jewish studies ; official journal of the Midwest and Western Jewish Studies Associations, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 35-52
ISSN: 1534-5165
In: Shofar: a quarterly interdisciplinary journal of Jewish studies ; official journal of the Midwest and Western Jewish Studies Associations, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 35-52
ISSN: 1534-5165
In: Shofar: a quarterly interdisciplinary journal of Jewish studies ; official journal of the Midwest and Western Jewish Studies Associations, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 168-170
ISSN: 1534-5165
In: Gütersloher Taschenbücher Siebenstern 495
In: New perspectives on Jewish studies
In: Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum 44
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I: THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND -- 1 Setting the Scene -- Jewish immigration into Britain -- The American incoming -- On being an immigrant -- Ashkenazim and Sephardim -- Demography: facts and fears -- II: WOMEN AND JUDAISM -- 2 Women's Role in Judaism -- 'Blessed art thou … Who hast not made me a woman' -- Woman's rightful realm -- Images and stereotypes -- 3 Religious Law -- Women's status -- Prayer -- Religious study -- Divorce -- Agunah, the 'anchored woman' -- Can the law change? -- 4 The Religious Scene -- America -- Britain -- Ritual -- The secular Jew -- What does it mean to me, being a Jewish woman? -- 5 Aspects of Orthodoxy -- The ultra-Orthodox -- The Chassidim -- The ba'alot t'shuva: women who 'return' to strict Orthodoxy -- III: FAMILY LIFE -- 6 The Jewish Woman at Home -- The Jewish family in history -- The daughter's apprenticeship -- Myths -- Food -- Handing on tradition -- 7 Marriage, Childbearing and Sexuality -- The meaning of marriage -- Choosing a partner and the wedding ceremony -- The marital relationship and the Laws of Family Purity -- 'Be fruitful and multiply' -- Sexual morality -- Staying single -- Lesbianism -- 8 Areas of Difficulty -- Intermarriage -- Conversion -- Family breakdown and domestic violence -- Single parent families -- Women as carers -- IV: AREAS OF CHANGE -- 9 Changing Perspectives -- Secular education -- Voluntary work -- Jobs and careers -- 10 Feminism -- Within the family -- Within religion -- Woman's legal status in relation to divorce and agunah -- Feminism and Zionism -- Ambivalence and change -- Bibliography -- Index.
In: Shofar: a quarterly interdisciplinary journal of Jewish studies ; official journal of the Midwest and Western Jewish Studies Associations, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 51-61
ISSN: 1534-5165
Twenty-five years ago, a group known as Ezrat Nashim challenged the Conservative movement to provide women with equal access to the religious and educational institutions of Conservative Judaism. While most of the demands made by Ezrat Nashim have now been met, the Conservative movement has by no means achieved the full integration of women into religious life. Moreover, it is unclear how Conservative Judaism has responded to feminism; has the Movement become "engendered" or has it merely allowed women to do those things previously restricted to men? This article explores the impact of feminism on Conservative Judaism from the personal perspective of the author, a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary and an active Conservative Jew.