I recently submitted a course syllabus for a Women in Judaism half-class. Several people (via twitter) have asked me to share the bibliography. Please note that this is not a comprehensive bibliography, but one designed to reflected my selected readings.
Bibliography
Aranoff, Susan. "Freeing Agunot: The Rabbi Emanuel Rackman Beit Din." JOFA Journal 4 (2005): 15, 19-20.
Baskin, Judith R. ed. Jewish Women in Historical Perspective. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998.
Chesler, Phyllis and Rivka Haut, eds. Women of the wall : claiming sacred ground at Judaism’s holy site. Woodstock, Vt.: Jewish Lights, 2003.
Fishbane, Michael. Judaism: Revelation and Tradition. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987.
Fonrobert, Charlotte. “Yalta’s Ruse: Resistance against Rabbinic Menstrual Authority in Talmudic Literature.” Pages 60-81 in Women and Water: Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law. Edited by R. R. Wasserfall. Hanover, NH: Brandeis University Press, 1999.
Greenberg, Blu. How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household. Northvale, NJ: J. Aronson, 1989.
Grossman, Susan and Rivka Haut, eds. Daughters of the King: Women and synagogue: a survey of history, halakhah and contemporary realities. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1992.
Hacohen, Aviad. Tears of the Oppressed: an examination of the agunah problem: background and halakhic sources. Jersey City, NJ: Ktav Publishing House, 2004.
Hartman, Tova. Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2007.
Ilan, Tal, ed. A feminist commentary on the Babylonian Talmud : Introduction and studies. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007.
Manolson, Gila. Outside Inside: A Fresh Look at Tzniut. Nanuet, NY: Feldheim, 1997.
Niditch, Susan. “Portrayals of Women in the Hebrew Bible.” Pages 25-45 in Jewish Women in Historical Perspective. Edited by J. R. Baskin. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998.
Peskowitz, Miriam and Laura Levitt, eds. Judaism since gender. New York: Routledge, 1997.
Ross, Tamar. Expanding the palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2004.
Schreiber, Lynne, ed. Hide and Seek: Jewish Women and hair covering. Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2003.
Solomon, Norman. Judaism: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Wasserfall, Rahel R., ed. Women and Water: Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law. Hanover, NH: Brandeis University Press, 1999.
Wolowelsky, Joel. Women, Jewish Law and Modernity: New Opportunities in a post-feminist age. Jersey City, NJ: Ktav Publishing House, 1997.
Websites:
Deborah Weissman (on the founding of Bais Yaakov schools) http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bais-yaakov-schools
Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA):
www.jofa.org
Living Waters Community Mikveh:
http://www.mayyimhayyim.org
Nishmat: The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women:
http://yoatzot.org/
In addition, I have also begun viewing documentaries for use in this class. I will attempt to post small reviews once as I see them.
Monday, October 26, 2009
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2 comments:
Interesting. I see that you have Tamar Ross's book, but neither of the two works that her book primarily responds to (Plaskow and Adler). What made you decide to leave them both out? Particularly given Plaskow's status as a foundational (if controversial) voice in Jewish feminist thought.
Thank you for your comment Miri. As I stated at the beginning, this wasn't meant to be a comprehensive bibliography. As a half-course for undergraduates, I had to be selective as to what to have the students read, and in that particular case, I chose to go with a reading that (more concisely) reflects on Adler and Plaskow.
Thoughts?
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