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Gender and Jewish History (The Modern Jewish Experience)

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Description for Gender and Jewish History (The Modern Jewish Experience) Paperback. Gender's critical importance to understanding Jewish history Editor(s): Kaplan, Marion A.; Moore, Deborah Dash. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 428 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Modern Jewish Experience
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253222633
SKU
V9780253222633
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Ref
99-50

About Marion Kaplan
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.

Reviews for Gender and Jewish History (The Modern Jewish Experience)
[T]he subject matter of the essays shows how gender analysis can and should belong in a variety of fields and areas of study, from religious thought to the history of art to activism and politics. The result is a fitting tribute to one of the great historians of modern Judaism.
Religious Studies Review
Written by authorities in their ... Read more

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