Challenge and Conformity - The Religious Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women

In recent decades Orthodox Jewish women have sought new ways of participating in community life and in domestic and public rituals. This is a much-needed study of how new norms have emerged, influenced by both the rise of feminism and the backlash against it, and by new attitudes to women's religious roles.

About the author

Dr Taylor-Guthartz received her doctorate from University College London. She has been an affiliated or associated lecturer at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Middlesex, and at Vassar College, New York; has taught at the London School of Jewish Studies; and has presented at international conferences in the Netherlands, Poland, and South Africa. She is currently studying for Orthodox rabbinic ordination at Yeshivat Maharat, New York.

Summary

In recent decades Orthodox Jewish women have sought new ways of participating in community life and in domestic and public rituals. This is a much-needed study of how new norms have emerged, influenced by both the rise of feminism and the backlash against it, and by new attitudes to women’s religious roles.

Product details

• Authors: Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781786941718
• ISBN: 978-1-78694-171-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Judentum: Leben und Praxis, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / Orthodox