PRESS RELEASE Toronto, February 26, 2013 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. 10:1 features: Articles The Personal and the Political in Dahlia Ravikovitch’s Mother with Child by Nurit Buchweitz The Female Rootless Character in Hebrew Prose: Initial Attempts at Shaping her Image by Heddy Shait Abraham and Sarah in Egypt (Genesis 12:10-20): Sexual Transgressions as Apologetic Interpretations in Post-biblical Jewish Sources by Vered Tohar
Dissertations Daughters of The Vale of Tears: Ethnographic Approach with Socio-Historical and Religious Emphasis to Family Welfare in the Messianic Jewish Movement in Ukraine by Tuula-Hannele Ikonen Book Reviews by David J. Zucker, Nancy Shiffrin, and David B. Levy Fiction- Short Stories by Sarah Tzafona Fiction-Poetry by Miriam Green Vol. 10:2 features: Articles ‘Perspectivism’ in The Halakhic Debate on Abortion Between Moshe Feinstein and Eliezer Waldenberg – Relations Between Jewish Medical Ethics and Socio-Cultural Contexts by Melanie Mordhorst-Mayer, Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty, and Mark Schweda Rabbis and “Guerrilla Girls” A Bavli Motif of the Female (Counter) Voice in the Rabbinic Legal System by Gail Labovitz Brides Who Challenge Death: A Jewish Folktale Motif Retold in Different Cultural Contexts by Kristen Lindbeck Book Reviews by Sonia Smith, David J. Zucker, Liz Bryant, and Ilan Fuchs Fiction - Short Stories by Carol Schwalberg Fiction-Poetry by Edith Covensky Contact information: Dr. Dina Ripsman Eylon, Editor-in-Chief Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 8000 Bathurst St, Unit 1 POBox 30077 Thornhill, Ontario L4J 0C6 Canada E-mail: [email protected] To be updated about our ongoing activities, please register on our site, like us on Facebook and/or subscribe to our RSS feeds.
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