Men and women : gender, Judaism and democracy / editor, Rachel Elior ; [translated from the Hebrew Rav Goni (volume III) by Shmuel Sermoneta-Gertel].

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Mekhon Ṿan Lir bi-Yerushalayim
Other Authors: Elior, Rachel
Soreni, Sara
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Hebrew
Published: Jerusalem, Israel : Jerusalem ; New York : Van Leer Jerusalem Institute ; Urim Publications, [2004], ©2004.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women in Judaism.
Women > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Women (Jewish law)
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Israel.
Sex role > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Feminism > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Democracy > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Physical Description:213 pages ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Gender, Judaism and democracy.
Format: Book
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.