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Gender Issues in Jewish Life: Essays and Response »

Authors: Walter Jacob, Moshe Zemer
ISBN-13: 9781571812391, ISBN-10: 1571812393
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Walter Jacob

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Contents:R. Adler, Halakhah and Innovation—W. Dorff, The Confrontation of the Minhag and Halakhah—D. Ellenson/P. Knobel, Reform Judaism and Same Sex Marriage—W. Jacob, The Woman in Reform Judaism -J. Rayner, Marriage, Divorce, and Gender—M. Zemer, Progressive Halakhah on Homosexual Marriage—Selected Responsa Published in Association with the Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah General Editor: Walter Jacob

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Essays
Ch. 1	Innovation and Authority: A feminist Reading of the "Women's Minyan" Responsum	3
Ch. 2	Gender Issue in Jewish Divorce	33
Ch. 3	Gender, Halakhah, and Women's Suffrage: Responsa of the First Three Chief Rabbis on the Public Role of Women in the Jewish State	58
Ch. 4	Custom Drives Jewish Law on Women	82
Ch. 5	Halakhah, Minhag, and Gender	107
Ch. 6	The Women in Reform Judaism: Facing or Avoiding the Issues	130
Ch. 7	Progressive Halakhah and Homosexual Marriage	151
Ch. 8	Reform Judaism and Same-Sex Marriage: A Halakhic Inquiry	169
Pt. 2	Selected Reform Responsa
	Reform Judaism and Divorce	187
	A Reform Get	191
	Agunot	195
	Ordination of Women	198
	Women Wearing a Talit	219
	Marriage after a Sex-Change Operation	222
	Homosexual Convert	226
	Lesbians and Their Children	228
	Contributors	229

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