Yentl's revenge : the next wave of Jewish feminism / edited by Danya Ruttenberg ; foreword by Susannah Heschel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruttenberg, Danya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Feminism.

Women in Judaism.

Jewish women--Religious life.

Jewish women.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 230 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle : Seal Press, [2001]

Summary:

A diverse group of young women--from witches to rabbis--explore the new Judaism. Contributors ponder Jewish transgenderdom, Jewish body image, Jewish punk, the stereotype of the Jewish American Princess, intermarriage, circumcision, faith, and intolerance.

Contents:

It's not about equality

it's about who's in charge / Susannah Heschel

The nice Jewish boy / A.C. Hall

From riot grrl to yeshiva girl, or how I became my own damn rabbi / Jennifer Bleyer

Bubbe got back : tales of a Jewess with cabosse / Ophira Edut

Parenting as a religious Jewish feminist / Haviva Ner-David

I was a cliché / Dina Hornreich

Composting Judaism : on ecology, illness and spirituality re-planted / Sharon Wachsler

Not lost : a Jewish feminist atheist meditates on intermarriage / Sarah Coleman

Blood simple : transgender theory hits the mikveh / Danya Ruttenberg

The word / Eve Rosenbaum

Challah for the queen of heaven / Ryiah Lilith

Sexy rabbi / Karen (Chai) Levy

I was a teenage Zionist / Ellen Friedrichs

You take Lilith, I'll take Eve : a closer look at the world's second feminist / Yiskah (Jessica) Rosenfeld

To open my mouth and speak what I know / Ursula Katan

You wear a kippah? / Emily Wages

United Jewish feminist front / Loolwa Khazzoom

On being a Jewish feminist valley girl / Tobin Belzer

Sacred rose / Billie Michele Mandel

The "big O" also means "olam" / Hanne Blank

Of these, solitude / Dalia Sofer.

ISBN:

1580050573

OCLC:

47283147