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Essay 7 Places Where Religious Radicalism Threatens Women’s Well-Being in Israel Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman is former executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA). She is the author of the forthcoming The War on Women in… Elana Sztokman May 13, 2014
Nonfiction Educating in the Divine Image: Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools Chaya Rosenfeld Gorsetman and Elana Maryles Sztokman
Essay How to Find an Expert Sorceress, According to the Talmud This week, Maggie Anton — the author of the Rashi’s Daughters series and, most recently, Rav Hisda’s Daugther: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery—blogs for The… Maggie Anton November 19, 2013
Nonfiction Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, and Other Female Villains Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple; Rebecca Guay, illus.
Nonfiction Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State: Israel’s Civil War Susan M. Weiss & Netty C. Gross-Horowitz
Nonfiction Fertility and Jewish Law: Feminist Perspectives on Orthodox Responsa Literature Ronit Irshai; Joel A. Linsider, trans.
Nonfiction The Dynamics of Becoming Orthodox: Dutch Jewish Women Returning to Judaism and How Their Mothers Felt about It Minny E. Mock-Degen
Nonfiction Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky: Stories of Accommodation and Audacity Nora Rose Moosnick
Essay The Teacher Has Plenty to Learn Earlier this week, Melissa R. Klapper wrote about abortion and the complexity of halacha and 5 American Jewish women you’ve (probably) never heard of. She… Melissa R. Klapper July 19, 2013
