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Five Books of Miriam: A Woman's Commentary on the Torah
Five Books of Miriam: A Woman's Commentary on the Torah
by Ellen Frankel
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Chater one I. BERESHIT: Sexuality and Desire (GENESIS 1:1-6:8) TORAH SPEAKS: In the beginning, Shekhinah, the Holy-One who-Dwells-in-This-World, spins the world into being: light, water, earth, heavenly bodies, seed-bearing plants, sea creatures, birds... (read more)

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The Nakedness of the Fathers: Biblical Visions and Revisions
The Nakedness of the Fathers: Biblical Visions and Revisions
by Alicia Ostriker
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"Transgressive, devout, poetic, bawdy, Ostriker's book executes a Jewish feminist's contradance with tradition and makes of it an ecstatic celebration". -- Marilyn Hacker, poet and former editor of Kenyon Review "The Nakedness of the Fathers belongs on... (read more)

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Eve's Journey: Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary Tradition
Eve's Journey: Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary Tradition
by Nehama Aschkenasy
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Focusing on the evolution of early female archetypes and prototypes, Nehama Aschkenasy uncovers the ancient roots of modern female characters and traces the changing cultural perceptions of women in Hebraic letters. This text draws on the vast body of... (read more)

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Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia
Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia
by E Paula Hyman
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This encyclopedia provides the first standard reference work on the lives, history and activities of Jewish women in the United States. Covering a period which extends from the arrival of the first Jewish women in North America in 1654 to the present... (read more)

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Women and American Judaism (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Lif)
Women and American Judaism (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Lif)
by Pamela Nadell
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New portrayals of the religious lives of American Jewish women from colonial times to the present.... (read more)

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Contraversions #6: Conversations with Dvora
Contraversions #6: Conversations with Dvora
by Amia Lieblich
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"This is a fascinating, haunting book. . . . Conversations with Dvora inevitably challenges our assumptions about the distances between art, life, and history as well as our judgments of the choices made by women of different generations."--Irena... (read more)

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It Takes a Dream: The Story of Hadassah
It Takes a Dream: The Story of Hadassah
by Marlin Levin
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It began in 1911 with a women's study group in New York and soon grew to become the Hadassah Organization, the largest Zionist organization in the world with chapters in 30 countries. For 85 years, Hadassah has had a major impact on the development of... (read more)

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Women, Birth, and Death in Jewish Law and Practice (Brandeis Series on Jewish Women)
Women, Birth, and Death in Jewish Law and Practice (Brandeis Series on Jewish Women)
by Rochelle L Millen
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A sensitive exploration of the development of pivotal life cycle rituals as they touch Jewish women's lives.... (read more)

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Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women
Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women
by Diana Bletter
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A unique and vibrant portrait of 60 women, which explores how they blend their faith and/or sense of Jewishness with their lives, their families, their expectations, and their commitments. Includes 120 black and white photographs.... (read more)

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A Woman's Voice
A Woman's Voice
by Marcella Bak Weiner
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A Woman's Voice examines the themes reflected in the stories of women in the Bible and relates these motifs directly to the lives of women today. Marcella Bakur Weiner and Blema Feinstein celebrate the ideas and lessons found in traditional Jewish... (read more)

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Nice Jewish Girls: Growing Up in America
Nice Jewish Girls: Growing Up in America
by Marlene Adler Marks
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Laura Shaine Cunningham is a playwright and journalist whose fiction and nonfiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Vogue, and Mirabella, among other publications. The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships... (read more)

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Book of Jewish Women's Prayers: Translations from the Yiddish
Book of Jewish Women's Prayers: Translations from the Yiddish
by Norman Tarnor
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A translation with commentary of the Yiddish techinot (prayers), once extremely popular among Eastern European Jews.... (read more)

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920 O'Farrell Street:  A Jewish Girlhood in Old San Francisco
920 O'Farrell Street: A Jewish Girlhood in Old San Francisco
by Harriet Lane Levy
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In 1906, Harriet Levy was talked into moving to Paris by her friend Alice B. Toklas and suddenly found herself immersed in a strange world peopled by artists who spoke a language she could not understand--a colorful world that she could only remotely... (read more)

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Revisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens
Revisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens
by Elyse Goldstein
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Re-examines the Five Books of Moses (Torah) to offer readers a modern, feminist perspective of the texts, practices and beliefs central to Jewish tradition.... (read more)

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Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation
Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation
by Susan Glenn
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Dreams of an Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays, Speeches and Diatribes
Dreams of an Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays, Speeches and Diatribes
by Irena Klepfisz
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Where she came from :a daughter's search for her mother's history
Where she came from :a daughter's search for her mother's history
by Helen Epstein
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Words on Fire
Words on Fire
by Vanessa L Ochs
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Sarah's daughters sing :a sampler of poems by Jewish women
Sarah's daughters sing :a sampler of poems by Jewish women
by Henny Wenkart
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Jewish Women in Historical Perspective
Jewish Women in Historical Perspective
by Judith R Baskin
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