Jewish Legal Writings by Women - Hardcover

Halpern, Micah D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9657108004 ISBN 13: 9789657108000

Publisher: Urim Publications, 1998

Synopsis

Jewish Legal Writings by Women is a revolutionary publication marking the first time in history where women are writing Jewish legal texts.

This collection of seventeen original articles on Jewish Law (Halakha) by contemporary religious women from around the world is a monumental step for women as well as for Judaism. These authors are the product of the first generation of women to have studied Jewish legislation. They have studied at Yeshivot and in seminaries, in small private classes led by legal experts and Rabbis, in university Talmud departments, and rabbinical advocate programs. In past generations there have only been individual women who attained a degree of respect in this realm. As far as is known, there is no record of any legal discourses by them.

Previously unchartered territory by women, this collection shows that women can, and do, contribute to the moral and authentic religious positions for the Jewish people.

About this title

About the Author:

Rabbi Micah D. Halpern is an educator, writer and Orthodox Rabbi, who received his rabbinical ordination from the Harry Fischel Institute in Jerusalem. Rabbi Halpern writes and lectures extensively in the areas of Rabbinics, and intellectual history both in America and in Israel, and is the founder and Director of the Jerusalem Center for European Study.

Dr. Chana Safrai is at the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Shalom Hartman Institute, and was formerly the Director of the Judith Lieberman Institute of Jewish Studies. She has written as well as edited numerous books and articles in the areas of Rabbinic literature and women's studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Urim Publications
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 9657108004
• ISBN 13: 9789657108000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380
• Editor: Safrai Chana