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Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective
by Judith Plaskow  Publisher Comments A feminist critique of Judaism as a patriarchal tradition and an exploration of the increasing involvement of women in naming and shaping Jewish tradition....
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She Who Dwells Within: Feminist Vision of a Renewed Judaism, a
by Lynn Gottlieb Publisher Comments A high-spirited woman rabbi assesses contemporary Judaism and breathes new life into classic tradition by drawing on Jewish, feminist, ecological and Native American sources....
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Ynetl's Revenge : the Next Wave of Jewish Feminism (01 Edition)
by Danya Ruttenberg Publisher Comments Thanks in large part to the struggles of their activist foremothers, today’s young Jewish women have a dizzying array of spiritual options. Yentl’s Revenge chronicles a range of experiences lived by an entire generation of women, from Judeo...
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Torah of the Mothers: Contemporary Jewish Women Read Classical Jewish Texts
by Susan Handelman Synopsis Torah of the Mothers is a landmark collection of essays and teachings culled from years of Bible and Jewish study by highly accomplished women Torah scholars and educators. Each contributor brings her own area of expertise to bear, providing novel and...
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The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology
by Melanie Kaye Synopsis Diverse essays that affirm the depth of women's participation in Jewish life and give strength to feminist struggle in the Jewish community....
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Memoirs of Glueckel of Hameln
by Gluckel And Lowenthal Publisher Comments Begun in 1690, this diary of a forty-four-year-old German Jewish widow, mother of fourteen children, tells how she guided the financial and personal destinies of her children, how she engaged in trade, ran her own factory, and promoted the welfare of her...
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Daughters of the King: Women and the Synagogue
by Susan Grossman Synopsis This book explains women's involvement in and around the synagogue from the biblical period to contemporary times. The contributors to this volume represent an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, drawing from history, anthropology, sociology...
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On Women and Judaism: A View from Tradition
by Blu Greenberg Synopsis A classic for nearly 20 years, this thought-provoking volume explores the role of Jewish women in the synagogue, in the family, and in the secular world. Greenberg offers ways to change present Jewish practices so that they more readily reflect feminine...
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Great Jewish Women
by Elinor Slater Synopsis From the biblical Deborah to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the individuals profiled in this volume are the authors' considered choice for Jewish women who have had the greatest impact on their respective fields....
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The Jgirl's Guide: The Young Jewish Woman's Handbook for Coming of Age
by Penina Adelman Publisher Comments The Jewish girls' survival guide for adolescence, bat mitzvah, and beyond. Before the bat mitzvah, the whirlwind of preparation, memorization, and party-planning can leave no room for girls to reflect on their transition into Jewish womanhood, so that...
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Words on Fire
by Vanessa L Ochs Publisher Comments When Vanessa Ochs begins to suspect her various physical ailments are due to her leading an ”unsanctified life,” she decides to travel to Jerusalem with her family to explore the sacred books of Judaism. Armed with a list of institutions and...
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Tessie and Pearlie: A Granddaughter's Story
by Joy Horowitz Synopsis In their touching story, two Jewish grandmothers--Tessie and Pearlie--share their wisdom, knowledge, and recipes to die for. Still close to their immigrant past and hardened by wars, the Depression, and discrimination, they teach us about living. And...
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Four Centuries of Jewish Womens Spiritua
by Ellen M Umansky Publisher Comments A magnificent collection of letters, poems, sermons, public addresses, blessings, prayers, rituals, diary excerpts, minutes of organizational meetings, and spiritual autobiographies written by Jewish women from 1560 to the present. Contributors include...
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The Quotable Jewish Woman: Wisdom, Inspiration & Humor from the Mind and Heart
by Elaine Bernstein Partnow Publisher Comments The thoughts and writings of more than 250 Jewish women are presented in a collection of more than two thousand quotes, containing insights in a variety of topics, from civil rights to spirituality to food, all providing the inspiration and wisdom of...
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Her Works Praise Her: A History of Jewish Women in America from Colonial Times to the Present
by Hasia Diner About the Author Beryl Lieff Benderly is the author of several books, including Dancing without Music: Deafness in America....
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The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt
by Ruth Andre Ellenson Publisher Comments A hilarious and provocative collection of original essays by some of todays top Jewish women writersincluding Aimee Bender, Daphne Merkin, and Rebecca Walkerexploring all the things that their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public. Have you ever...
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Out of the Shadow: A Russian Jewish Girlhood on the Lower East Side (Documents in American Social History)
by Rose Cohen 
Synopsis In this appealing autobiography, Rose Cohen looks back on her family's journey from Tsarist Russia to New York City's Lower East Side. Her account of their struggles and of her own coming of age in a complex new world vividly illustrates what was, for...
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Modern Jewish Girl's Guide To Guilt (06 Edition)
by Ellenson Publisher Comments Twenty-eight of todayas top Jewish women writers tell the truth about all the things their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public in this hilarious and provocative collection. Includes original essays on: a Finding (and Divorcing) the Perfect...
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You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother
by Joyce Antler Publisher Comments In You Never Call, You Never Write, Joyce Antler provides an illuminating and often amusing history of one of the best-known figures in popular culture — the Jewish Mother. Whether drawn as self-sacrificing or manipulative, in countless films...
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Soundless Road: Stories, Poems, and Drawings
by Ava K Schieber Publisher Comments Soundless Roar introduces a distinctive new voice to Holocaust literature. Ava Kadishson Schieber, author, poet, and artist, spent her teenage years hiding from the Nazis on a Serbian farm. Her cultured speech and city-bred body language could have...
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