Vol 9, No 2 (2012)

Table of Contents

Articles

Rethinking the Book of Esther: Feminist Hermeneutics and Shechinah Theology in the Poetry of Amy Levy
Luke Devine
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Giving Voice to a Matriarch: Leah in Contemporary Israeli Dramatic Monologues
Anat Koplowitz-Breier
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Biographical Essays

Olga Benario Prestes: The Cinematic Martyrdom of a Revolutionary Jewish Woman and the Reconstruction of National Identity in Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva’s Brazil
Tzvi Tal
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Images and the Duty of Memory: The Survival of a People Due to Their Spirit (1957) by Fanny Rabel
Dina Comisarenco Mirkin
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Essays

Entertaining Esther: Vamp, Victim, And Virtuous Woman
David J. Zucker
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Zipporah and the Brit Milah: A Woman Circumciser
Moshe Reiss
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Book Reviews

Shapiro, Malkah. The Rebbe’s Daughter: Memoir of a Hasidic Childhood. Translated, with an Introduction and Commentary by Nehemia Polen. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 2002.
Rivka Chaya Schiller
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The JPS Bible Commentary – Ruth – Commentary by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Tikva Frymer-Kensky. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 2011.
David J. Zucker
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Living Legacies: A Collection of Inspirational Contemporary Canadian Jewish Women. Volume III. Edited by Liz Pearl. Toronto: PK Press, 2011.
Marilyn Herbert
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Fiction - Short Stories

Bartenura 10
Beth Kissileff
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Fiction - Poetry

New Year Moon
Mori Glaser
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