PRESS RELEASE Toronto, December 19, 2012
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal We are delighted to announce the electronic publication of two new issues of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal. The journal can be accessed at http://www.womeninjudaism.org Vol. 9:1 features: Articles Jewish Women in Sicily before 1492 Angela Scandaliato, and Arthur Graham The Poetics of Horror: Representations of Violence Against Women in Israeli Women's Literature Shai Rudin Biographical Essays Nina Salaman: "The Fusion of the Old Judaism with the Modern Western World" Shira Koren Conference Presentations "Wonder Woman, a True "Woman of Valor?” It’s a Man’s World (Pérez 1992) Dina Dahbany-Miraglia Notes A Note on the Context of the Phrase “Women are Temperamentally Lightheaded” in BT Kiddushin 80b Shayna Sheinfeld Book Reviews by Rivka Chaya Schiller, and David J. Zucker Fiction- Short Stories Judy Weinryb Fiction-Poetry Gili Haimovich Vol. 9:2 features: Articles Rethinking the Book of Esther: Feminist Hermeneutics and Shechinah Theology in the Poetry of Amy Levy Luke Devine Giving Voice to a Matriarch: Leah in Contemporary Israeli Dramatic Monologues Anat Koplowitz-Breier 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 Images and the Duty of Memory: The Survival of a People Due to Their Spirit (1957) by Fanny Rabel Dina Comisarenco Mirkin Essays Entertaining Esther: Vamp, Victim, And Virtuous Woman David J. Zucker Zipporah and the Brit Milah: A Woman Circumciser Moshe Reiss Book Reviews by Rivka Chaya Schiller, David J. Zucker and Marilyn Herbert Fiction - Short Stories Beth Kissileff Fiction-Poetry Mori Glaser Click on the following links to access the new issues: Vol. 9:1 - http://tinyurl.com/cqwwj82 Vol. 9:2 - http://tinyurl.com/lgo2br Contact information: Dr. Dina Ripsman Eylon, Editor-in-Chief Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 8000 Bathurst St, Unit 1 Thornhill, Ontario L4J 0C6 Canada E-mail: [email protected] Please join us on Facebook and subscribe to our RSS feeds.
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