New Jewish Feminism

Probing the Past, Forging the Future
Herausgeber: Goldstein, Rabbi Elyse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Join Jewish women from all areas of Jewish life as they examine what makes a "Jewish woman" today, how feminism has affected her identity and whether the next generation of Jewish women is braced to tackle the challenging work still ahead.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Lights
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9781683362203
• ISBN-10: 1683362209
• Artikelnr.: 45376874

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Anita Diamant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Part I Women and Theology 1 Calling All Theologians JUDITH PLASKOW, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Major Trends in Jewish Feminist Theology The Work of Rachel Adler, Judith Plaskow, and Rebecca Alpert RABBI DONNA BERMAN, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 To Her We Shall Return Jews Turning to the Goddess, the Goddess Turning to Jews RABBI JILL HAMMER, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Metaphors of God RABBI KARYN D. KEDAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Creation Theology Theology for the Rest of Us ELLEN BERNSTEIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Part II Women, Ritual, and Torah 55 The Hermeneutics of Curiosity On Reclamation RABBI DANYA RUTTENBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 The Politics and Aesthetics of Jewish Women's Spirituality LORI HOPE LEFKOVITZ, PhD, AND RABBI RONA SHAPIRO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 The Pink Tallit Women
s Rituals as Imitative or Inventive? RABBI ELYSE GOLDSTEIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 From Ancient Times to Modern Meaning Jewish Women Claim Their Ritual Power RABBI GEELA RAYZEL RAPHAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Torah Study "For Women" WENDY ZIERLER, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Transforming Our Stories through Midrash RABBI TIRZAH FIRESTONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Part III Women and the Synagogue 121 From the Personal to the Communal How Women Have Changed the Rabbinate RABBI JACQUELINE KOCH ELLENSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 The Ascent of the Woman Cantor Shira Hamaalot CANTOR BARBARA OSTFELD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Orthodox Women in Rabbinic Roles SARA HURWITZ, MADRICHA RUCHANIT (RELIGIOUS MENTOR) . . . . . . . . . 144 Feminism and the Transformation of the Synagogue RABBI SUE LEVI ELWELL, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Where Are the Jewish Men? The Absence of Men from Liberal Synagogue Life RABBI JOSEPH B. MESZLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Pacing Change The Impact of Feminism on Conservative Synagogues ANNE LAPIDUS LERNER, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Women in the Conservative Synagogue RABBI IRIT PRINTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 part iv Women in Israel 195 A Thirty-Year Perspective on Women and Israeli Feminism RABBI NAAMAH KELMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Gender in Israeli Liberal Liturgy RABBI DALIA MARX, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Masorti (Conservative Israeli) Women RABBI EINAT RAMON, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 The First Decade of the Orthodox Women
s Revolution in Israel The Case of Kolech MARGALIT SHILO, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Part V Gender, Sexuality, and Age 239 Jewish Feminism, Sexuality, and a Sexual Justice Agenda MARLA BRETTSCHNEIDER, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 If the Shoe Doesn
t Fit, Examine the Soul Jewish Feminism and Gender Expression RABBI JANE RACHEL LITMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Koach Banot (Girl Power) Talking Feminism with Jewish Teen Girls BETH COOPER BENJAMIN, EdD, AND JODIE GORDON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Portrait of the Writer as a Young Feminist RAHEL LERNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 The Pink Ghetto RUTH ANDREW ELLENSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Part VI Women and the Denominations 283 Orthodoxy and Feminism IDANA GOLDBERG, PhD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 The Changing Status of Women in Liberal Judaism A Reflective Critique RABBI RACHEL SABATH BEIT-HALACHMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Feminism and Halakhah The Jew Who (Still) Isn
t There RABBI HAVIVA NER-DAVID, PhD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Feminism and Jewish Law in Conservative Judaism RABBI GAIL LABOVITZ, PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Women and the Reconstructionist Movement RABBI BARBARA PENZNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Part VII Leadership and Social Justice 345 Jewish Women
s Leadership for the Twenty-first Century SHIFRA BRONZNICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Bread, Roses, and Chutzpah Jewish Women in American Social Movements RABBI JILL JACOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Women
s Right to a World Free of Violence RABBI LYNN GOTTLIEB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Servants before the King Raising Up the Healer to Leadership RABBI VALERIE JOSEPH AND RABBI ALANA SUSKIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Post-Triumphalism and the New Haskalah ROSIE ROSENZWEIG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Suggestions for Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432