On women & Judaism : a view from tradition / Blu Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Blu, 1936-

Contributor:

Dudden, Adrianne Onderdonk.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in Judaism.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 178 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Other Title:

On women and Judaism

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society of America, 5742 1981.

Summary:

A classic for nearly 20 years, this thought-provoking volume explores the role of Jewish women in the synagogue, in the family, and in the secular world. Greenberg offers ways to change present Jewish practices so that they more readily reflect feminine equality.

Contents:

Feminism: Is it good for the Jews?

Can a mild-mannered Yeshiva girl find happiness among the Feminists?

The theoretical basis of women's equality in Judaism

Jewish women: Coming of age

Women and liturgy

In defense of the "Daughters of Israel": observations on Niddah and Mikveh

Jewish attitudes toward divorce

The issue of abortion

Feminism and Jewish survival

Alterword: Some loose ends.

Notes:

"First edition."

"Designed by Adrianne Onderdonk Dudden."

Several of the essays in this book originally appeared in slightly different form in a variety of journals.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Greenberg, Blu, 1936- On women & Judaism.

ISBN:

0827601956 :

9780827601956

082760226X

9780827602267

OCLC:

7597094