Suchergebnisse

Four approaches to women and the Jewish experience / Judith R. Baskin -- Jewish feminist approaches to the bible / Esther Fuchs -- Women and Torah study in aggadah / Dvora E. Weisberg -- Women and Jewish law / Judith Hauptman -- Women in medieval Jewish societies / Renée Levine Melammed -- The mystical spirituality of eastern European Jewish women / Chava Weissler -- How central European Jewish women confronted modernity / Harriet Pass Freidenreich -- Women and American Judaism / Pamela S. Nadell -- Women's transformations of contemporary Jewish life / Sylvia Barack Fishman -- Women in Jewish American literature / Sara R. Horowitz -- Text, nation, and gender in Israeli women's fiction / Nehama Aschkenasy -- Women and Judaism : from invisibility to integration / Frederick E. Greenspahn

"Her mouth is full of wisdom" : reflections on Jewish feminist theology Rochelle L. Millen -- Meanings of shekhinah in the "Jewish renewal" movement Chava Weissler -- A tent of one's own : feminist biblical scholarship, a popular novel, and the fate of the biblical text Adriane B. Leveen -- Women in Reform Judaism : between rhetoric and reality Karla Goldman -- Mitzvah, gender, and Reconstructionist Judaism Deborah Dash Moore and Andrew Bush -- The tensions that merit our attention : women in Conservative Judaism Shuly Rubin Schwartz -- Women in Orthodoxy : conventional and contentious Norma Baumel Joseph -- Bridges to "a Judaism transformed by women's wisdom" : the first generation of women rabbis Pamela S. Nadell -- Phasing in : Rosh Hodesh ceremonies in American Jewish life Jody Myers -- Miriam's object lesson : ritualizing the presence of Miriam Vanessa L. Ochs -- Finding her right place in the synagogue : the rite of adult bat mitzvah Lisa D. Grant

"Feminist theories maintain that gender issues are a ubiquitous component of our lives, intersecting with every aspect of the society in which we live and interact. Because the feminist debate has included questions important to Jewish discourse, including religion, antisemitism, Zionism, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is not surprising that such matters should also be of concern to Jewish women, many of whom have played an active role in feminist movements. In "Jewish Voices in Feminism," Nelly Las navigates primarily among three cultures (French, Anglo-American, and Israeli) to present a philosophical and historical analysis of the intersection between contemporary Jewish dilemmas and feminism and its impact on Jewish thinking. She also explains the ambivalent attitude of feminist activists regarding current developments in the Jewish world. This book, based on extensive documentation that includes written and oral testimonies, provides a wide variety of gender-centered approaches to ethics, solidarity, identity, and memory"--

When an actor approaches a character, s/he examines many facets of the play--the setting, the time period, the politics surrounding both of the former. S/he also looks into elements of the character--any noted physical attributes in the text, his/her financial and social status, what s/he wants and what obstacles are standing in his/her way. Often the last thing that the actor studies is the character's spiritual and/or religious life. When I was cast as Trina in UCF's production of Falsettos in the winter of 2005, I knew I wanted to approach the character from an oft-neglected area: her faith. Judaism is a vital element of William Finn's Falsettos, and in an attempt to be true to what I believed was Finn's intentional, prominent inclusion of this religion, its practice, and the stigmas that come along with being a Jew, and especially a Jewish woman, I planned to focus on Trina's Judaism. An historical analysis of the changing role of Jewish women through time, complete with a focus on Jewish rituals, practices, and routines, will provide details of the generations of history that precede Trina and shape her opinions about the world, herself, and what she "should" be. An analysis of the plot and characters of Falsettos will describe the world in which Trina lives; my rehearsal journal from the production will chart my progress of developing my portrayal of Trina, and a comparison between Trina and Sarah in the Torah will indicate Sarah as a possible "role model" for Trina. ; 2009-05-01 ; M.F.A. ; Arts and Humanities, Department of Theatre ; Masters ; This record was generated from author submitted information.