This first collection of Judith Plaskow\'s Essays and short writings traces her scholarly and personal journey from her early days as a graduate student through her pioneering contributions to both feminist theology and Jewish Feminism to her recent work in Sexual ethics.
She was instrumental in the creation of the Reform movement\'s first gender-sensitive prayer books..
D., is executive director of the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and a longtime activist.
Rabbi Donna Berman, Ph.
She is the author of Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective and coeditor of Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion (with Carol Christ) and Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality.
About the Author: Judith Plaskow is a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College.
Intelligently edited with the help of Rabbi Donna Berman, and including pieces never before published, The Coming of Lilith is indispensable for religious studies students, fans of Plaskow\'s work, and those pursuing a Jewish education.
Section III contains a variety of short and highly readable pieces that make clear Plaskow\'s central role in the creation of Jewish feminism, including the essential "Beyond Egalitarianism." Finally, section IV presents her writings on the significance of Sexual Ethics to the larger project of transforming Judaism.
Section II addresses her nuanced understanding of oppression and includes her important work on anti-Judaism in Christian feminism.
Accessibly organized into four sections, the collection begins with several of Plaskow\'s foundational Essays on feminist theology, including one previously unavailable in English.
This first collection of Judith Plaskow\'s Essays and short writings traces her scholarly and personal journey from her early days as a graduate student through her pioneering contributions to both feminist theology and Jewish Feminism to her recent work in Sexual ethics
