Women and Judaism: New Insights and Scholarship Book

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction: Four Approaches to Women and the Jewish Experience Judith R. Baskin 1

Part 1 Classical Tradition

1 Jewish Feminist Approaches to the Bible Esther Fuchs 25

2 Women and Torah Study in Aggadah Dvora E. Weisberg 41

3 Women and Jewish Law Judith Hauptman 64

Part II History

4 Women in Medieval Jewish Societies Renée Levine Melammed 91

5 The Mystical Spirituality of Eastern European Jewish Women Chava Weissler 116

6 How Central European Jewish Women Confronted Modernity Harriet Pass Freidenreich 131

Part III Contemporary Life

7 Women and American Judaism Pamela S. Nadell 155

8 Women's Transformations of Contemporary Jewish Life Sylvia Barack Fishman 182

Part IV Literature

9 Women in Jewish American Literature Sara R. Horowitz 199

10 Text, Nation, and Gender in Israeli Women's Fiction Nehama Aschkenasy 221

Epilogue: Women and Judaism: From Invisibility to Integration Frederick E. Greenspahn 245

Contributors 255

Index 259