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Women and Jewish Law

The Essential Texts, Their History, and Their Relevance for Today

Rachel Biale

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English
Schocken Books
22 August 1995
How has a legal tradition determined by men affected the lives of women? What are the traditional Jewish views of marriage, divorce, sexuality, contraception, abortion? Women and Jewish Law gives contemporary readers access to the central texts of the Jewish religious tradition on issues of special concern to women. Combining a historical overview with a thoughtful feminist critique, this pathbreaking study points the way for ""informed change"" in the status of women in Jewish life.
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Imprint:   Schocken Books
Country of Publication:   United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 202mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   285g
ISBN:   9780805210491
ISBN 10:   0805210490
Pages:   320
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Rachel Biale grew up on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in Israel. She earned an M.A. in Jewish history at UCLA and an M.S.W. at Yeshiva University. She lives in Berkley, California, where she is a practicing psychotherapist.

Reviews for Women and Jewish Law: The Essential Texts, Their History, and Their Relevance for Today

An amazing book--rich in scholarship, deep in historical perspetice, and enormously interesting to anyone concerned with questions of Jewish life. <br>--Anne Roiphe<br><br> An essential resource and entry point for understanding the construction of women's roles in traditional Judaism. <br>--Judith Plaskow, author of Standing Alone at Sinai <br> <br> With great precision and clarity, Biale ferrets out for us the inner meaning of the law, traces its development, and explores its relevance to Jewish women's lives today.<br>--Blu Greenberg, author of On Women and Judaism <br> <br> [Biale] open[s] up the halakhic process to women, providing the reader who is unfamiliar with the original Hebrew texts with her first encounter of learning. <br>-- Hadassah


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