Jewish Studies

Women and Judaism

Odyssey of Exile: Jewish Women Flee the Nazis for Brazil

Edited by Katherine Morris

The historical, political, and private memories of Jewish women who fled Germany and Poland after Hitler’s rise to power in 1933.

Women of the Word: Jewish Women and Jewish Writing

Edited by Judith R. Baskin

Essays surveying the achievements of Jewish women writers from the Renaissance through the Modern Era.

Eve’s Journey: Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary Tradition

Nehama Aschkenasy

Traces the migration of several female images and feminine situations from their early appearances in Biblical writings to their incarnations in modern Hebraic literature.

Gender, Patriarchy and Fascism in the Third Reich: The Response of Women Writers

Edited by Elaine Martin

A unique collection of essays that brings together a variety of literary treatments by women of Germany and Austria under National Socialism.

Women and Sacrifice: Male Narcissism and the Psychology of Religion

William Beers

Explores the anthropology and developmental psychology of male violence in blood sacrifice and its implications in religion and culture.

The Merit of Our Mothers: A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers

Tracy Guren Klirs

An anthology of tkhines—prayers and devotions for Jewish women—in Yiddish and in English translation.