Jewish Women Jewish Men: The Legacy of Patriarchy in Jewish Life
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0060613769
ISBN 13
9780060613761
Category
NON-FICTION
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Publication Year
1995
Publisher
Pages
560
Subject
Women in Judaism.; Judaism -- United States. ; Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. ; Patriarchy -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. ; Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
Abstract
A sweeping look at the complex patterns of the Jewish experience Jewish Women/Jewish Men offers a new and often controversial view of gender, generational, and social struggles throughout Jewish history. Author Aviva Cantor shows how every aspect of Jewish life has been affected by patriarchy and offers a liberating vision of a society transformed by humane feminist values
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