Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues articles from September 2009

Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues archives from September 2009

The chador as a symbol of fear during Khomeini's insurrection.(Ayatollah Khomeini)
September 22, 2009... In the fall of 1978, the anti-Shah insurrection, guided from afar by Ayatollah Khomeini, gained momentum. As they demonstrated in the streets, many educated, non-religious Muslim women protesters wore the chador in public as a political symbol,...

Iranian Jewish women: domesticating religion and appropriating Zoroastrian religion in ritual life.
September 22, 2009... An elderly Persian woman makes a dramatic gesture, opening her arms wide as the Torah is lifted out of the Ark. She then places her hands over her eyes, says a blessing, and kisses her hands. Most likely, she understands neither the prayer...

Esther the Jewish queen of Persia.(biblical Book of Esther)(Essay)
September 22, 2009... Legislating the body is a dominant feature of the biblical Book of Esther. The text lends itself to a reading that emphasizes materiality, because it presents the world in the coded language of the body. The story is not only told; it is...

Knowledge versus status: discursive struggle in women's Batei Midrash.(Report)
September 22, 2009... Introduction I feel that this is a tough world; it is terribly competitive; I could never be the best. I don't know how many years I can stay in this kind of job. I mean, will I still be able to do it when I am 65? never mind 65, even at 55?...

Men who refuse to grant a religious divorce: characteristics, motivation and ways of contending with the issue.(Report)
September 22, 2009... InTRODUCTION Under Jewish law (halakhah), a married couple can be divorced only by means of the husband giving his wife a get, a Jewish bill of divorce. Although this must be done under the auspices of a beit din, a Jewish court of law, the...

Israel's women soldiers over the generations: a panel discussion.(Discussion)
September 22, 2009... Bat-Sheva Margalit Stern (chair): The participants in our panel, representing four generations of women in Israel's defense forces, are Dr. Zimra Peled, a veteran of the Palmach; Brigadier General Yehudit Grisaro, the army's current Advisor on...

How long will we go on militarizing the civil sphere? A response to the panel discussion on Israel's Women Soldiers.(Essay)
September 22, 2009... The panel discussion held at the Schechter Institute on "The Experiences of Israel's Women Soldiers over the Generations" presents perspectives on military service by women who have served in Israel's defense forces (including the pre-state...

Yehuda Henkin understanding Tzniut: modern controversies in the Jewish Community.(Critical essay)
September 22, 2009... Yehuda Henkin understanding Tzniut: modern controversies in the Jewish Community Jerusalem--New York: Urim Publications, 2008 This fascinating book, (1) written largely as a response to R. Pesach Eliyahu Falk's Oz vehadar levushah:...

Yael Unterman Nehama Leibowitz, Teacher and Bible Scholar.(Critical essay)
September 22, 2009... Yael Unterman Nehama Leibowitz, Teacher and Bible Scholar Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2009. 607 pp Yael Unterman's recently published volume, Nehama Leibowitz, Teacher and Bible Scholar, is a welcome addition to the series "Modern...

Ilana Rosen Sister in Sorrow: Life Histories of Female Holocaust Survivors from Hungary.(Critical essay)
September 22, 2009... Ilana Rosen Sister in Sorrow: Life Histories of Female Holocaust Survivors from Hungary translated and edited by Sandy Bloom Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2008. viii + 269 pp. From the minute I started reading Ilana Rosen's Sister in...

Carole S. Kessner Marie Syrkin: Values beyond the Self.(Book review)
September 22, 2009... Carole S. Kessner Marie Syrkin: Values beyond the Self Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2008. xii + 479 pages, illustrations, index. Marie Syrkin was a public intellectual...

Ruth Panofsky At Odds in the World: Essays on Jewish Canadian Women Writers.(Book review)
September 22, 2009... Ruth Panofsky At Odds in the World: Essays on Jewish Canadian Women Writers Toronto: Inanna, 2008. 177 pp. Ruth Panofsky is a poet and professor of literature in Toronto. Her scholarly work has centered on several Canadian women authors, not...

Individual redemption and family commitment: the influence of mass immigration to Israel on the cyrpto-Jewish women of Mashhad.(Essay)
September 22, 2009... Introduction The unique Jewish community of Mashhad, (1) one of the holiest cities in Iran for its Shi'ite Muslims, owes its inception to Nadir Shah (1736-1747), who established the city as his new capital and transferred a few Jewish...

Introduction.(Editorial)
September 22, 2009... This issue of Nashim, devoted to Iranian Jewish women, fulfills a dream of mine. I am immensely indebted to Shulamit Reinharz for offering me the opportunity to be a part of this project and to the editors of Nashim, Deborah Greniman and Renee...

The tear jar.(Essay)
September 22, 2009... The body of recent literature by Iranian women, Muslim and Jewish, inside and outside of Iran, has been greeted correctly as a development that reverses a history of unwritten books. As Farzaneh Milani has written, "Veiled women were the authors...

The ghosts of our mothers: from oral tradition to written words--a history and critique of Jewish women writers of Iranian heritage.(Essay)
September 22, 2009... Introduction: The Background to This Research I entered my first accessible library in the fall of 1971, during my orientation at Pahlavi University (renamed Shiraz University in post-revolutionary Iran). Namoos (Chastity), the all-women high...