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Gender and Jewish History (The Modern Jewish Experience) - Softcover

 
9780253222633: Gender and Jewish History (The Modern Jewish Experience)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 025322263X ISBN 13: 9780253222633
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2010

Synopsis

By revealing the importance of gender in interpreting the Jewish past, this collection of original essays highlights the profound influence that feminist scholarship has had on the study of Jewish history since the 1970s. Gender and Jewish History considers the impact of gender on Jewish religious practices and political behavior, educational accomplishments and communal structures, acculturation and choice of occupations. The book stimulates conversations on such topics as Jewish women's creativity and spirituality, violence against women, Jews' reactions to persecution in the Holocaust, and Judaism as lived religion and culture. Honoring Paula Hyman, one of the founders of Jewish gender studies, this volume shows gender to be an eye-opening entry into realms of Jewish history previously untouched by it.

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About the Author

Marion A. Kaplan is Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History at New York University.

Deborah Dash Moore is Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
025322263X
ISBN 13 
9780253222633
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
428
Editor
Kaplan Marion A., Moore Deborah Dash