PRESS RELEASE NEW ISSUE OF WOMEN IN JUDAISM: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL

Dina Ripsman Eylon Announcement
Location
Ontario, Canada
Subject Fields
Jewish History / Studies, Religious Studies and Theology, Women's & Gender History / Studies

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

Toronto, February 14, 2020

Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal

 

We are delighted to announce the electronic publication of the issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal. The journal can be accessed at http://www.womeninjudaism.org

Founded in 1997, the journal is the first multidisciplinary-refereed e-journal solely dedicated to gender-related issues in Judaism.

 

Vol 15 No 2 (2018): Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal

Table of Contents:

Articles

Radicalizing the Myth: Amy Levy’s Medea, the (Un)Assimilated Jewish Victorian Woman

Marta Villalba-Lázaro

Modern Greek Jewish Women: Paths and Identities

Maria Ch. Sidiropoulou

Romanticizing Samson’s Mother

David J. Zucker

Reflections on Jewish Women in Eulogies and Sermons of Ottoman Sages in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

Ruth Lamdan

The Rabbis, Gender, and the Yetzer Hara: The Origins and Development of the Evil Inclination

Susanna Towers

Biographical Essays

A Genealogical Exploration of the Reher Family, Jewish Bakers in Kingston, New York, 1880-1960

Miriam Ehrlich

Film Reviews

Elon, Ori and Yehonatan Indursky, creators. Shtisel. Abot Hameiri Barkai and Yes Network, 2013.

Batya Weinbaum

Poetry Review Essays

A Reading of Ditti Ronen's Poetry Book The return of the House and its Wandering

Nitza Keren

Book Reviews

Fried, Mindy. Caring for Red: A Daughter’s Memoir. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2016.

David B. Levy

Keret, Etgar. Fly Already: Stories. Translated by Sondra Silverston, Nathan Englander, Jessica Cohen, Miriam Shleshinger, and Yardenne Greenspan. NYC, NY: Riverhead Books [Penguin], 2019.

Elaine Margolin

Gordis, Daniel. We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel. NYC, NY: HarperCollins, 2019.

Elaine Margolin

Basman Ben-Haim, Rivka. The Thirteenth Hour: Poems. Translated by Zelda Kahan Newman. Woodstock, NY: Mayapple Press, 2016.

Beth Dwoskin

 

Articles, essays, book reviews, short notes, and bibliographies from all disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences are welcome. Submissions are concurrently accepted and should be made by e-mail to:

Dr. Dina Ripsman Eylon, Editor-in-Chief

Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal

Email: dina.eylon@utoronto.ca

 

Note: Scholarship by/and about Canadian Jewish women are especially encouraged.

 

The journal will consider re-printing peer-reviewed papers or chapters from books that are not currently available in any digital format.

 

We are also seeking book reviewers. A complete list of books will be available shortly in our Review Books Received section, which is updated periodically. For further information and guidelines for contributors, please consult our web site and/or write to the Editor-in-Chief.

 

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Contact Information

Dr. Dina Ripsman Eylon, Editor-in-Chief
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Email: dina.eylon@utoronto.ca
 

Contact Email
dina.eylon@utoronto.ca