Men and women : gender, Judaism and democracy /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Elior, Rachel
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jerusalem : Jerusalem ; New York : Van Leer Jerusalem Instititue ; Urim, [2004]
Subjects:	Women in Judaism > Congresses. Women (Jewish law) > Congresses. Jewish women > Religious life > Congresses.

Table of Contents:

The law: patriarchy and equality. The family status of women: legal changes and social climate / Pinhas Shifman
"The king's daughter is all dignified within" (Psalms 45:14): basing Israeli women's status and rights on human dignity / Orit Kamir
Israeli divorce law: the maldistribution of power, its abuses, and the "status" of Jewish women / Susan Weiss
Women's suffrage: a Halakhic perspective / Deborah Weissman
Past and present: history and culture from a gender perspective. "Blessed art thou, Lord our God, who hast not made me a woman" / Rachel Elior
Feminism as Tikkun ha-olam / Lea Shakdiel
The minyan: gender and democracy / Chana Safrai
Socio-religious encounters in the past. Appropriating the Bible: women and Haskalah in the 19th century / Tova Cohen
Written by men for men: feminist revolution and innovation in the canonical sources / Naftali Rothenberg
The educational process from a gender perspective. The educational message to girls and boys in an age of change / Bilha Admanit
Feminist currents and trends among various Orthodox groups / Chana Kehat.