PRESS RELEASE NEW ISSUE OF WOMEN IN JUDAISM: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL
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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Dr. Dina Ripsman Eylon, Editor-in-Chief
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Email: dina.eylon@utoronto.ca