The Torah - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Torah write by Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi. This book was released on 2017-12-04. The Torah available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The groundbreaking volume The Torah: A Women's Commentary, originally published by URJ Press and Women of Reform Judaism, has been awarded the top prize in the oldest Jewish literary award program, the 2008 National Jewish Book Awards. A work of great import, the volume is the result of 14 years of planning, research, and fundraising. THE HISTORY: At the 39th Women of Reform Judaism Assembly in San Francisco, Cantor Sarah Sager challenged Women of Reform Judaism delegates to "imagine women feeling permitted, for the first time, feeling able, feeling legitimate in their study of Torah." WRJ accepted that challenge. The Torah: A Women's Commentary was introduced at the Union for Reform Judaism 69th Biennial Convention in San Diego in December 2007. WRJ has commissioned the work of the world's leading Jewish female Bible scholars, rabbis, historians, philosophers and archaeologists. Their collective efforts resulted in the first comprehensive commentary, authored only by women, on the Five Books of Moses, including individual Torah portions as well as the Hebrew and English translation. The Torah: A Women's Commentary gives dimension to the women's voices in our tradition. Under the skillful leadership of editors Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Rabbi Andrea Weiss, PhD, this commentary provides insight and inspiration for all who study Torah: men and women, Jew and non-Jew. As Dr. Eskenazi has eloquently stated, "we want to bring the women of the Torah from the shadow into the limelight, from their silences into speech, from the margins to which they have often been relegated to the center of the page - for their sake, for our sake and for our children's sake." Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Jewish Women's Torah Study
Jewish Women's Torah Study - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jewish Women's Torah Study write by Ilan Fuchs. This book was released on 2013-11-20. Jewish Women's Torah Study available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the cornerstones of the religious Jewish experience in all its variations is Torah study, and this learning is considered a central criterion for leadership. Jewish Women’s Torah Study addresses the question of women's integration in the halachic-religious system at this pivotal intersection. The contemporary debate regarding women’s Torah study first emerged in the second half of the 19th century. As women’s status in general society changed, offering increased legal rights and opportunities for education, a debate on the need to change women’s participation in Torah study emerged. Orthodoxy was faced with the question: which parts, if any, of modernity should be integrated into Halacha? Exemplifying the entire array of Orthodox responses to modernity, this book is a valuable addition to the scholarship of Judaism in the modern era and will be of interest to students and scholars of Religion, Gender Studies and Jewish Studies.
Jewish Women in Time and Torah
Jewish Women in Time and Torah - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jewish Women in Time and Torah write by Eliezer Berkovits. This book was released on 1990. Jewish Women in Time and Torah available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Berkowitz examines the status of women in halacha. He offers suggestions from the tradition to improve that status, particularly in the areas of divorce, and ritual practice.
Women at the Crossroads
Women at the Crossroads - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women at the Crossroads write by Chana Bracha Siegelbaum. This book was released on 2010. Women at the Crossroads available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Women at the Crossroads: A Woman's Perspective on the Weekly Torah Portion comprises 53 essays pertaining to women based on each of the weekly Torah Portions throughout the year. Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum discusses in-depth the characters and dilemmas of the women in the Torah that are relevant to the issues which women encounter today. The author explores the underlying values of laws and rituals that pertain to women by examining the inherent nature of women as presented in the Torah. Based on the intricacies of the Torah text, she shows the beauty and depth of the role of women as portrayed in the Torah and teaches the importance of women and their immense influence on society as prime movers of history. The book is divided into five chapters, corresponding to the five books of the Torah. Each chapter is divided into sections according to each Torah portion. In addition, it includes a comprehensive and useful compilation of biographies of the commentaries quoted in the book. Expounding the Torah text through methodical research of Midrash, Talmud and traditional commentators, such as Rashi and the Ramban, placed side-by-side with Chassidic masters like the Me'or v'Shemesh and modern commentators including Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum weaves together the strands that make up the tapestry of life for the contemporary woman.Rather than paying homage to the external, competitive, masculine world, the author demonstrates how Jewish women of today may look inwards to the women in the Torah for guidance in choosing their priorities in life.
Women and the Study of Torah
Women and the Study of Torah - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women and the Study of Torah write by Joel B. Wolowelsky. This book was released on 2001. Women and the Study of Torah available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first set of essays in this book discusses the longstanding debate in Jewish law on the appropriateness of women Studying the oral law. the second part consists of more personal observations by people who are involved in Jewish education.
