Jewish Women's Voices: Past and Present A Bibliography Compiled by Frieda Forman with Cynthia Maier Women's Educational Resources Centre, University of Toronto [Contemporary Jewish Feminism] [Jewish Women's History] [Jewish American History] [Religion and Spirituality] [Biblical Scholarship] [Holocaust Writings] [Israel/Palestine] [Biography] [Canadian Biography] [Fiction] [Canadian Fiction] [Poetry] [Yiddish Literature in Translation] [Violence Against Women] [Bibliographies and Curriculum Guides] [Periodicals] Contemporary Jewish Feminism: Issues and Perspectives Baker, Adrienne, The Jewish Woman in Contemporary Society: Transitions and Traditions , New York University Press, Washington Square, New York: 1993. Social and religious status of Jewish women in England and the U.S. Balka, Christie, & Rose, Andy (eds.), Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian or Gay and Jewish , Beacon Press, Boston: 1989. Personal histories and essays by and about lesbian and gay Jews. Beck, Evelyn Torton (ed.), Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology , Beacon Press, Boston: 1989. A collection of essays, poetry and stories on Jewish feminist identity. Cantor, Aviva, Jewish Women/Jewish Men: The Legacy of Patriarchy in Jewish Life , San Francisco, HarperCollins: 1995. Feminist perspective of Jewish history in all its gendered manifestation. Davidman, Lynn and Tenenbaum, Shelly (eds.), Feminist Perspectives on Jewish Studies , Yale University Press, New haven: 1994. Green, Lillian, Ordinary Wonders , Women's Press, Toronto: 1992. Personal account of incest and revelation of the healing process. Heschel, Susannah,(ed.) On Being a Jewish Feminist: A Reader , Schocken Books, New York: 1983. Kaye/Kantrowitz, Melanie, The Issue Is Power: Essays on Women, Jews, Violence and Resistance , aunt lute books, San Francisco: 1992. Kaye/Kantrowitz, Melanie & Klepfisz, Irena (eds.), The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology , Beacon Press, Boston: 1989. Klepfisz, Irena, Dreams of An Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays, Speeches and Diatribes , Eighth Mountain Press, Oregon: 1990. Koltun, Elizabeth (ed.), The Jewish Woman: New Perspectives , Schocken Books, New York: 1976. Landsberg, Michele, Women & Children First , Penguin Books, New York: 1983. [Canada] Moore, Tracy (ed.), Lesbiot: Israeli Lesbians Talk About Sexuality, Feminism, Judaism and their Lives , Cassell, London: 1995. Moskowitz, Faye (ed.), Her Face in the Mirror: Jewish Women On Mothers And Daughters , Beacon Press, Boston: 1994. Pogrebin, Letty Cottin, Deborah, Golda and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America , Doubleday, New York: 1991. Sacks, Maurie (ed.) Active Voices: Women in Jewish Culture , University of Illinois Press, Urbana: 1995. Multidisciplinary approach to women's contribution in shaping Jewish culture. Scarf, Mimi, Battered Jewish Wives , Edwin Mellen Press, Queenston, Ont.: 1988. Case studies of Jewish and non-Jewish battered wives. Siegel, Rachel Josefowitz and Cole, Ellen,(eds.) Jewish Women in Therapy: Seen But Not Heard , Harrington Press, New York: 1991. Sokoloff, Naomi B, Lerner, Anne Lapidus, Norich, Anita, Gender and Text in Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literature , The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York: 1992. Weiner, Kayla and Moon, Arinna, (eds.) Jewish Women Speak out: Expanding the Boundaries of psychology , Canopy Press, Seattle, Washington: 1995 Zuckerman, Francine (ed.), Half the Kingdom: Seven Jewish Feminists , Vehicule Press, Montreal: 1992. Jewish Women's History Baskin, Judith R. (ed.), Jewish Women in Historical Perspective , Wayne State University Press, Michigan: 1991. Collection of essays covers biblical times to modern. Baskin, Judith R. (ed.), Women of the Word: Jewish Women and Jewish Writing , Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan: 1994. The impact of modernity on Jewish women as writers and literary figures. Baum, Charlotte, Hyman, Paula, Michel, Sonya, The Jewish Woman in America , The Dial Press, New York: 1976. Discusses the transition to American life of European immigrant women. Frager, Ruth A., Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto 1900-1939 , University of Toronto Press, Toronto: 1992. [Canada] Glenn, Susan, Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation , Cornell University Press, Ithaca: 1990. Gluckl of Hameln, Life of, Written by Herself , Th. Yoseloff, Schocken Books, New York: 1977. 17th century autobiography, the first of a woman in Jewish history. Gold, Doris B. and Stein, Lisa, (compiled by) From The Wise Women Of Israel: Folklore and Memoirs , Biblio Press, New York: 1995. Henry, Sondra, Taitz, Emily, Written Out of History: Our Jewish Foremothers , Biblio Press, New York: 1990. Overview of women in Jewish history and accounts of selected women's lives. Hyman, Paula E., Gender and Assimilation in Modern Jewish History: The Roles and Representation of Women , University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington: 1995. Kaplan, Marion A., The Jewish Feminist Movement in Germany: The Campaigns of the Judischer Frauenbund, 1904-1938 , Greenwood Press, Connecticut: 1979. Kaplan, Marion A., The Making of the Jewish Middle Class: Women, Family, and Identity, in Imperial Germany , Oxford University Press, New York: 1991. Levine, Amy-Jill, "Women Like This": New Perspectives on Jewish Women in the Greco-Roman World , Scholars Press, Atlanta: 1991. Schreier, Barbara A., Becoming American Women: Clothing and the Jewish Immigrant Experience, 1880-1920 , Chicago Historical Society, Chicago: 1994. Shepherd, Naomi, A Price Below Rubies: Jewish Women as Rebels & Radicals , Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1993. Stahl Weinberg, Sydney, The World of Our Mothers: The Lives of Jewish Immigrant Women , University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill: 1988. Zaborowska, Magdalena J, How We Found America: Reading Gender through Eastern European Immigrant Narratives , The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill: 1995. Jewish American History Glenn, Susan, Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation , Cornell University Press, Ithaca: 1990. Weinberg, Sydney, The World of Our Mothers: The Lives of Jewish Immigrant Women , University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill: 1988. Religion and Spirituality Adelman, Penina V., Miriam's Well: Rituals for Jewish Women Around the Year, second edition, Biblio Press, New York: 1994. Biale, Rachel, Women and Jewish Law: An Exploration of Women's Issues in Halakhic Sources , Schocken Books, New York: 1984. Priesand, Sally, Judaism and the New Woman , Behrman House, New York: 1975. El-Or, Tamar, Educated and Ignorant: Ultraorthodox Jewish Women and Their World (translated from Hebrew by Haim Watzman), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colorado: 1994. Feldman, David M., Marital Relations, Birth Control and Abortion in Jewish Law , Schocken Books, New York: 1974. Frankiel, Tamar, The Voice of Sarah: Feminine Spirituality and Traditional Judaism , Harper San Francisco, San Francisco: 1990. Greenberg, Blu, On Women and Judaism: A View from Tradition , The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia: 1981. Grossman, Susan, & Haut, Rivka (eds.), Daughters of the King: Women and the Synagogue , The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia: 1992. Kaufman, Debra Renee, Rachel's Daughters: Newly Orthodox Jewish Women , Rutgers University Press: 1991. Klirs, Tracy G.(ed.), The Merit of Our Mothers: A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women's Prayers , Hebrew Union College Press, Cincinnati, Ohio: 1992. Ochs, Vanessa L., Words on Fire; One Woman's Journey Into the Sacred , Harcourt Bruce Jovanovich, Publishers, New York: 1990. A personal account of women's Torah studies in Jerusalem. Orenstein, Rabbi Debra (ed.), Lifecycles: Jewish Women on Life Passages & Personal Milestones , volume l, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, Vermont: 1994. Plaskow, Judith, Standing Again At Sinai: Judaism From a Feminist Perspective, Harper & Row, San Francisco: 1990. Rudavksy, T. M. (ed.), Gender and Judaism: The Transformation of Tradition , New York University Press, New York: 1995. Theoretical, literary, social and historical aspects. Swidler, Leonard, Women in Judaism: The Status of Women in Formative Judaism , The Scarecrow Press, New Jersey: 1976. A study of the status of women in biblical and talmudic periods. Umansky, Ellen M., & Ashton, Dianne (eds.), Four Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality: A Sourcebook , Beacon Press, Boston: 1992. Weiss, Avraham, Women At Prayer: A Halakhic Analysis of Women's Prayer Groups , Ketav Publishing House, NJ: 1990. Zolty, Shoshana Pantel, "And All Your Children Shall Be Learned" Women and the Study of Torah in Jewish Law and History, Jason Aronson, Northvale, New Jersey: 1993 Biblical Scholarship Bal, Mieke, Lethal Love: Feminist Literary Readings of Biblical Love Stories , Indiana University Press, Bloomington: 1987. Collins, Adela Yarbro (ed.), Feminist Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship , Scholars Press, Atlanta: 1985. Kates, Judith A. and Twersky, Gail Reimer (eds.), Reading Ruth: Contemporary Women Reclaim a Sacred Story , Ballantine Books, New York: 1993. Meyers, Carol, Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context , Oxford University Press, New York: 1988. Looks beyond biblical texts to reconstruct everyday life. Ostriker, Alicia Suskin, Feminist Revision and the Bible , Blackwell, Oxford: 1993. Ostriker, Alicia Suskin, The Nakedness of the Fathers: Biblical Visions and Revisions , Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey: 1994. Pardes, Ilana,