Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues articles

Recent articles from Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues

Reading Rayna Batya: the rebellious Rebbetzin as self-reflection.(Biography)
September 22, 2008... This paper seeks to examine the life and contemporary afterlife of the nineteenth-century Rebbetzin Rayna Batya Berlin. Although there are no surviving writings by Berlin, and only one extant source written about her by any of her peers, she has recently become a touchstone for discussions of...

Women and Jewish literature.(Essay)
September 22, 2008... This essay explores the genesis of "Women and Jewish Literature," a course I developed at the University of Maryland. The course emphasizes the interconnectedness of reading and writing, particularly within a feminist Jewish literary context, and introduces the particular ramifications for...

A woman within Zionism: the path of Myriam Schach (1867-1956).(Biography)
September 22, 2008... Women have a hard time of it going down in history independently of men. Myriam Schach's career is a striking case in point. Her singular career in the Jewish nationalist movement notwithstanding, she has been deemed worthy of no more than a few passing remarks in works on Zionism. She is...

Israeli women's leadership today: a panel discussion.(Discussion)
September 22, 2008... Leah Shakdiel, Chair I am here today replacing a very dear woman to whom I'd like to dedicate my opening remarks. It is not every day that a woman receives the Israel Prize for her life accomplishments. It is not every day that a religious woman is granted such esteem on a national...

The illuminations of Ellen Frank.(Critical essay)
September 22, 2008... I'm in words, made of words, others' words, what others, the place too, the air, the walls, the floor, the ceiling, all words, the whole world is here with me, I'm the air, the walls.... Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable (New York, 1955), p. 386 Ellen Frank's illuminated paintings reflect her...