Jewish and Female: Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today

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A guide and sourcebook for today's Jewish woman. A vast, manifold, openminded, respectful, candid, unabashedly helpful. Full of intellectual energy, and most important, sorely needed.

Today's Jewish women are struggling to reconcile the necessity for independence and equality with their growing desire to connect in an authentic way with Judaism, which in the past has often severly limited women's roles. J and F is a complete sourcebook of how to combine the imperatives of Judaism and individual femal self-respect, and how to bring about changes in the Jewish tradition. Drawing on personal stories and the insights of experts, the book explores the multitude of ways in which women are reshaping both the private lives and the communal institutions of Jews today.