New Jewish Feminism

This empowering anthology looks at the growth and accomplishments of Jewish feminism and what that means for Jewish women today and tomorrow. It features the voices of women from every area of Jewish life-the Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Orthodox and Jewish Renewal movements; rabbis, congregational leaders, artists, writers, community service professionals, academics, and chaplains, from the United States, Canada, and Israel-addressing the important issues that concern Jewish women: Women and Theology, Women, Ritual and Torah, Women and the Synagogue, Women in Israel, Gender, Sexuality and Age, Women and the Denominations, Leadership and Social Justice. Book jacket.

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xix
Women and Theology	p. 1
Calling All Theologians	p. 3
Major Trends in Jewish Feminist Theology: The Work of Rachel Adler, Judith Plaskow, and Rebecca Alpert	p. 12
To Her We Shall Return: Jews Turning to the Goddess, the Goddess Turning to Jews	p. 22
Metaphors of God	p. 35
Creation Theology: Theology for the Rest of Us	p. 42
Women, Ritual, and Torah	p. 55
The Hermeneutics of Curiosity: On Reclamation	p. 59
The Politics and Aesthetics of Jewish Women's Spirituality	p. 66
The Pink Tallit: Women's Rituals as Imitative or Inventive?	p. 81
From Ancient Times to Modern Meaning: Jewish Women Claim Their Ritual Power	p. 90
Torah Study "For Women"	p. 102
Transforming Our Stories through Midrash	p. 113
Women and the Synagogue	p. 121
From the Personal to the Communal: How Women Have Changed the Rabbinate	p. 125
The Ascent of the Woman Cantor: Shira Hamaalot	p. 133
Orthodox Women in Rabbinic Roles	p. 144
Feminism and the Transformation of the Synagogue	p. 155
Where Are the Jewish Men?: The Absence of Men from Liberal Synagogue Life	p. 165
Pacing Change: The Impact of Feminism on Conservative Synagogues	p. 175
Women in the Conservative Synagogue	p. 186
Women in Israel	p. 195
A Thirty-Year Perspective on Women and Israeli Feminism	p. 197
Gender in Israeli Liberal Liturgy	p. 206
Masorti (Conservative Israeli) Women	p. 218
The First Decade of the Orthodox Women's Revolution in Israel: The Case of Kolech	p. 227
Gender, Sexuality, and Age	p. 239
Jewish Feminism, Sexuality, and a Sexual Justice Agenda	p. 241
If the Shoe Doesn't Fit, Examine the Soul: Jewish Feminism and Gender Expression	p. 250
Koach Banot (Girl Power): Talking Feminism with Jewish Teen Girls	p. 258
Portrait of the Writer as a Young Feminist	p. 273
The Pink Ghetto	p. 277
Women and the Denominations	p. 283
Orthodoxy and Feminism	p. 287
The Changing Status of Women in Liberal Judaism: A Reflective Critique	p. 297
Feminism and Halakhah: The Jew Who (Still) Isn't There	p. 312
Feminism and Jewish Law in Conservative Judaism	p. 323
Women and the Reconstructionist Movement	p. 334
Leadership and Social Justice	p. 345
Jewish Women's Leadership for the Twenty-first Century	p. 347
Bread, Roses, and Chutzpah: Jewish Women in American Social Movements	p. 356
Women's Right to a World Free of Violence	p. 369
Servants before the King: Raising Up the Healer to Leadership	p. 382
Post-Triumphalism and the New Haskalah	p. 397
Notes	p. 404
Glossary	p. 427
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 432
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