Four Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality: A SourcebookEllen M. Umansky, Dianne Ashton Much has changed for Jewish women since the first edition of Four Centuries of Jewish Women’s Spirituality appeared in 1992. Associations of Jewish women—academic, religious, secular—have proliferated, making the women’s voices heard. In collecting material for this completely revised edition, the editors drew upon sources that express the diversity of Jewish women, mainly from 1560 to the present. They sought material by Jewish women of different ages, sexual orientations, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, and nationalities. Reflecting a wide variety of literary genres, sources include spiritual works (sermons, addresses, ritual blessing, prayers) as well as letters, sisterhood minutes, and committee reports that also express the spiritual concerns of their authors. Writings by women rabbis and contemporary Orthodox women, along with documents from Latin America, bring the volume up to date. |
Contents
A History of Jewish Womens Spirituality | 1 |
Judith Plaskow | 36 |
Wife of Basir | 39 |
Rachel Luzzato Morpurgo | 52 |
Rachel Widow of Rabbi Eliezer Susman Askhenazi | 61 |
Sara Copia Sullam | 68 |
Four Tkhines | 75 |
Abigaill Levy Franks | 81 |
Anda Amir | 170 |
Paula Ackerman | 187 |
Adelman | 195 |
From Can Women Serve as Rabbis? Reworked Rabbinic | 201 |
Grace Cohen Shohet | 216 |
Malka Heifetz Tussman | 223 |
Miriam Oren | 229 |
Evelyne Kadouche | 238 |
Judith Lady Montefiore | 84 |
Rebecca Gratz | 92 |
Penina Moïse | 101 |
Adah Isaacs Menken | 124 |
Rachel Simon | 130 |
From the Minute Book of Temple Israel Sisterhood | 138 |
Josephine Lazarus | 144 |
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon | 151 |
Bertha Pappenheim | 158 |
Henrietta Szold | 164 |
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