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The HBI Series on Jewish Women publishes a wide range of books about Jewish women and gender issues in diverse contexts. By offering fresh perspectives on Jewish women’s history, lives and experiences worldwide, the series aims to close a major gap in Jewish learning.
Books in the HBI Series on Jewish Women are appropriate for course adoption in Jewish studies, women’s studies, gender studies, history, religion, and many other fields of study.
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Expanding the Palace
of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism
Tamar Ross
An extraordinary examination of the theological implications
for Orthodox Judaism of women’s changed status in the
modern world.
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American Jewish Women
and the Zionist Enterprise
Shulamit Reinharz
and Mark A. Raider, Editors
The first and only complete exploration of the role of American
women in the creation and support of the State of Israel
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Wedding Song: Memoirs
of an Iranian Jewish Woman
Farideh Goldin
A riveting personal account of growing up in the shadow of
religious fundamentalism.
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Pious and Rebellious:
Jewish Women in Medieval Europe
Avraham Grossman
A pioneering work exploring thesocial status and daily life
of medieval Jewish women.
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Song of Songs Love
Lyrics from the Bible
Marcia Falk
An acclaimed translation of the Bible’s celebrated collection
of love poetry.
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Reading Jewish Women:
Marginality and Modernization in Nineteenth Century Eastern
European Jewish Society
Iris Parush
A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish
women fashioned their role as agents of modernization in
nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish society.
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Double or Nothing?
Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage
Sylvia Barack
Fishman
A lively and accessible look at Jewish intermarriage and its
familial and cultural effects.
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Women, Birth, and Death
in Jewish Law and Practice
Rochelle L. Millen
A sensitive exploration of the development of pivotal life
cycle rituals as they touch Jewish women’s lives.
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The Covenant of Circumcision
New Perspectives on an Ancient Jewish Rite
Elizabeth
Wyner Mark, Editor
Scholars and rabbis examine the complex history and contemporary
challenges of the Jewish rite of circumcision.
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Midrashic Women: Formations
of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature
Judith
R. Baskin
A unique look at how non-legal rabbinic writings imagine women
and their lives.
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Jewish Marriage and
Divorce in Imperial Russia
ChaeRan Y. Freeze
A ground-breaking study of Jewish marriage and divorce in
19th-century Russia.
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Princess or Prisoner?
Jewish Women in Jerusalem, 1840-1914
Margalit
Shilo
A fascinating journey into the world of women in the ultra-Orthodox
Jewish community of Jerusalem toward the end of Ottoman rule.
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Women and American
Judaism Historical Perspectives
Pamela S. Nadell
and Jonathan D. Sarna, Editors
New portrayals of the religious lives of American Jewish women
from colonial times to the present.
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Jewish Feminism in
Israel Some Contemporary Perspectives
Kalpana
Misra and Melanie S. Rich, Editors
A dynamic and authentic representation of feminism in Israel
by some of its leading exponents and activists.
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Leaving Leningrad:
The True Adventures of a Soviet Émigré
Ludmila Shtern
A hilarious memoir of life under communism and capitalism.
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What Makes Women Sick?
Maternity, Modesty, and Militarism in Israeli Society
Susan Sered
An eye-opening look at Israeli women’s life expectancy
and health.
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The Plough Woman:
Records of the Pioneer Women of Palestine
Mark
A. Raider and Miriam B. Raider-Roth, Editors
The classic text on the pioneer women of pre-state Israel,
updated in 2002.
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Women and Water: Menstruation
in Jewish Life and Law
Rahel R. Wasserfall,
Editor
Provocative essays address women’s menstrual rituals
in Jewish law, history, and culture.
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Jewish Portraits,
Indian Frames: Women’s Narratives from a Diaspora of
Hope
Jael Silliman
A riveting family portrait of four generations of Jewish women
from Calcutta.
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Uncertain Travelers:
Conversations with Jewish Women Immigrants to America
Marjorie Agosín
An evocative exploration of Jewish women’s immigration
to America.
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National Jewish Book Award Winner!
Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism:
Resistance and Accommodation
Tova Hartman
An innovative analysis of how creative tensions between modern Orthodox Judaism and feminism can lead to unexpected perspectives and beliefs.
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Eternally Eve:
Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry
Anne Lapidus Lerner
A fascinating analysis of the story of Eve, using modern poetry in conversation with biblical texts and rabbinic rewritings to reveal new layers of meaning.
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