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Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America
A slightly modified version of this bibliography is also found on pages 1553-1574 (v. 2) of Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, edited by Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore, and sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society. 2 v. New York, Routledge, 1997.

Bat Kol : A Feminist House of Study
"Bat Kol seeks to create an exciting and inspirational study program in Israel for women wishing to explore Judaism in depth, from a Jewish feminist perspective. Combining intensive classroom study, field trips throughout Israel, and social action, we use the methodologies of feminist criticism to examine the integration of women into the many aspects of Jewish life."

Center for Jewish History (New York, NY)

  • Women in Daily Life: An On-Line Bibliography - (dead link)

Jewish Woman Magazine
From Jewish Women International

Jewish Women International

Jewish Women's Archive
"The mission of the Jewish Women's Archive is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit the rich legacy of Jewish women and their contributions to our families and communities, to our people and our world."
Sections include: Exhibits ; Virtual Archive ; Resources.

  • Molly Picon
    "For over seventy years, Molly Picon, star of Yiddish theater and film, delighted audiences with her comic song and dance performances..."
  • Women Who Dared
    "Online exhibit which celebrates ordinary women who have made extraordinary commitments to a range of contemporary social movements."
    Sections include: Activism ; Gender ; Jewish.

Lilith
Section include essays, ancient, Kabbala, magic, modern, pictures and a bibliography Maintained by Alan Humm

Lilith Magazine
The Independent Jewish Women's Magazine

Maven - Jewish/Israel Index - Women and Feminism
Section from the best Jewish index on the Web. At last check had 40 sites listed, some with annotations.

Radha Shyama - (dead link)
"The site is directed toward a basic Jewish and Hindu understanding of Women in the Godhead."
By William Glick

Women in Judaism - A Multidisciplinary Journal
"an academic, refereed journal published exclusively on the Internet, devoted to scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism."

A Woman's Voice - Sarah Foner, Hebrew Author of the Haskalah
"Sarah Menkin Foner was the first woman to publish a Hebrew novel, "The Love of the Righteous" - Vilna, 1880."
"The site includes her memoirs of growing up in 1740's Latvia, her biblical novella 'The Treachery of Traitors' and her short story 'The Children's Path', another first for a woman."
By Morris Rosenthal


 





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