Vol 6, No 2 (2009)

Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal

Table of Contents

Articles

The Moradas of Angelina Muñiz Huberman, Esther Seligson and Teresa of Avila: Exile as Spiritual Experience
Catherine Caufield
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A Woman-Centered Examination of the Heroines in the Stories of Amos Oz
Dvir Abramovich
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Essays

Rebecca: The First Dialogic Philosopher
Stephen J. Stern
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Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar as a Blended Family: Problems, Partings, and Possibilities
David J. Zucker, Moshe Reiss
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Was Judith an Esheth Chayil?
Dina Dahbany-Miraglia
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Annotated Translations

My Desert is Hotter: The Poetry of Rivke Basman Ben-Hayim
Zelda Kahan Newman
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Book Reviews

Gazsi, Judit, Andrea Pető, and Zsuzsanna Toronyi, Eds. Gender, Memory, and Judaism. Budapest and Herne: Balassi Kiadő and Gabriele Schäfer Verlag, 2007.
Susan Landau-Chark
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Weisberg, Dvora E. Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism. Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Series on Jewish Women. Waltham, Mass.: Brandeis University Press, 2009.
William A. Tooman
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The Torah: A Women’s Commentary. Edited by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, and Andrea L. Weiss. New York: Union for Reform Judaism [URJ]/Women of Reform Judaism, 2008.
David J. Zucker
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Tsoffar, Ruth. The Stains of Culture: an Ethno-Reading of Karaite Jewish Women. Raphael Patai Series of Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2006.
Barry Dov Walfish
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Deena R. Zimmerman. A Lifetime Companion to the Laws of Jewish Family Life. Jerusalem, New York: Urim Publications, 2006.
Justin Jaron Lewis
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Klitsner, Judy. Subversive Sequels in the Bible: How Biblical Stories Mine and Undermine Each Other. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2009.
David J. Zucker
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Kessner, Carole S. Marie Syrkin: Values Beyond the Self. Lebanon, NH: Brandeis University Press, 2008.
Donald J. Goldstein
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Reiner-Rutlinger, Reina. The Audacity of Holiness: Orthodox Women’s Theater in Israel. (Hebrew) Jerusalem: Carmel Publication House, 2007.
Ilan Fuchs
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Film Reviews

Thunder in Guyana (2003) Directed by Suzanne Wasserman [DVD]. New York: Women Make Movies.
Kirsten Fermaglich
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Inside Hana’s Suitcase (2009) Directed by Larry Weinstein. Toronto: Rhombus Media Inc.
Batya Weinbaum
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Fiction - Short Stories

INSTANT DECAF
Carol Schwalberg
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The Card Party
Sandra Hurtes
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THE TENTH SABBATH MIRACLE
Harvey Kay
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Novel Excerpt from Nightmares of Sasha Weitzwoman
Batya Weinbaum
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I Want to Go Home [Hebrew, some English]
Azila Talit Reisenberger
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Fiction - Poetry

Jacob’s Ladder
Judith Skillman
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