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Frankiel, Tamar
"God's Gender: A Traditionalist View," Frankiel, Tamar. Kehot Publication Society.
Synopsis: In this article, Tamar Frankiel responds to the critique of referring to God as male by asserting that if we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews
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Greenberg, Blu
"Woman and Judaism," Greenberg, Blu. Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought: Original Essays on Critical Concepts, 1987, 1039-1053.
Synopsis: Greenberg discusses some of the contradictions and paradoxes within Judaism that originate from Biblical passages. She offers examples of biological differences and explains how those differences impact halakhah and tradition.
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Haberman, Bonna Devora
"Difficult Texts," Haberman, Bonna Devora. Sh'ma, 2004.
Synopsis: Haberman explores how to approach and respond to particular Jewish texts that may make women feel uncomfortable, wounded and alienated.
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Amsellem, Wendy
"God is a Man of War: Gender, Language and Jewish Texts," Amsellem, Wendy. JOFA One Day Conference, New York. 2001.
Synopsis: The Torah describes God in consistently masculine terms. In our liturgy, we pray to God as Father, Master and War-Hero. This session explores how we as Orthodox feminists relate to these texts and how they affect the way we study, pray and think about God.
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Halbertal, Tova Hartman and Devorah Zlochower
"Toward an Orthodox Feminist Theology," Halbertal, Tova Hartman and Devorah Zlochower. JOFA One Day Conference, New York. 2001.
Synopsis: Orthodoxy has incorporated numerous structural changes designed to increase Jewish women's ritual and communal participation. Yet, traditional Jewish theology can pose troubling questions for Orthodox feminists in terms of how we think about God, the nature of community, the male-centered language of traditional Jewish texts and even the system of halakha. This session grapples with these difficult issues and begins to formulate an alternative theology that resonates with the needs and concerns of Orthodox feminists.
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Halperin-Kaddari, Ruth
"Inclusion and Exclusion of Women in Halakhic Language," Halperin-Kaddari, Ruth. JOFA 4th International Conference. 2002.
Synopsis: This workshop explores some of the instances in which the halakhic language is interpreted to exclude women from the neutral category. How can feminists meet this challenge embedded in the halakhic system? Do religious feminists differ in their approach to the Hebrew language from secular feminists?
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Samuels, Beth
"Adam and Eve: Gender Distinction in the Garden of Eden," Samuels, Beth. JOFA 5th International Conference. 2004.
Synopsis: Through a close reading of the beginning chapters of Bereishit, this session will attempt to reconcile the two versions of creation and explore the perspectives of gender distinction.
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Udel-Lambert, Miriam
"Old Texts through New Eyes," Udel-Lambert, Miriam. JOFA 6th International Conference. 2007.
Synopsis: When an individual approaches a text, there are two entities to be considered. There is an ancient text that needs to be read with integrity and there is the individual, who brings his/her own set of values and ideas to the table. This session will explore the relationship and conflict between these two entities. As Orthodox Jewish women continue to access advanced Torah study in unprecedented numbers, some serious philosophical difficulties are necessarily confronted as difficult texts are encountered. Surveying a few representative passages, this session will attempt to engage the difficulties honestly. We will pinpoint some of the challenges that we meet reading as women and as moderns and then will attempt to arrive at constructive responses.
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Biale, Rachel
Women and Jewish Law: The Essential Texts, Their History & Their Relevance for Today. Biale, Rachel. Schoken Books, 1995.
Synopsis: 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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Hauptman, Judith
Rereading the Rabbis: A Women's Voice. Hauptman, Judith. Westview Press, 1998.
Synopsis: Hauptman presents a study of the treatment of women in Talmudic legal interpretations, comparing these interpretations with the Torah itself.
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