Vol 10, No 2 (2013)

Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal Winter 2013

Table of Contents

Articles

‘Perspectivism’ in The Halakhic Debate on Abortion Between Moshe Feinstein and Eliezer Waldenberg – Relations Between Jewish Medical Ethics and Socio-Cultural Contexts
Melanie Mordhorst-Mayer, Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty, Mark Schweda
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Rabbis and “Guerrilla Girls” A Bavli Motif of the Female (Counter) Voice in the Rabbinic Legal System
Gail Labovitz
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Brides Who Challenge Death: A Jewish Folktale Motif Retold in Different Cultural Contexts
Kristen Lindbeck
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Book Reviews

Soomekh, Saba. From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2012.
Sonia Smith
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Schneider, Ilene. Unleavened Dead. Taylorville, IL: Oak Tree Press, 2012.
David J. Zucker
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Greenstein, Mindy. The House on Crash Corner and Other Unavoidable Calamities. New York: Greenpoint Press, 2011.
Liz Bryant
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Schwarzwald (Rodrigue), Ora. Seder Nashim: A 16th Century Prayer Book for Women in Ladino, Saloniki, (Sidur para mujeres en ladino, salónica, siglo XVI). Jerusalem: Ben Zvi Institute, 2012.
Ilan Fuchs
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Fiction - Poetry

Fire Bird and I Learn to Write Anew
Edith Covensky
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Fiction - Short Stories

A Poor Investment
Carol Schwalberg
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