 |
|
             
|
|
| |
Sort results by:
|
|
|
Ben-Ami, Issachar
"Customs of Pregnancy and Childbirth among Sephardic and Oriental Jews," Ben-Ami, Issachar. New Horizons in Sephardic Studies , Ed. Yedida K. Stillman, George K. Zucker, Walter P. Zenner, State University of NY Press, 1993, 253-267.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Flug, Joshua
"A Boy or A Girl? The Ethics of Preconception Gender Selection," Flug, Joshua. Journal of Halacha & Contemporary Society, XLVIII, 2004, pp. 5-27.
Synopsis: Rabbi Flug discusses whether or not new procedures should be allowed and/or required in order to select the gender of ones children in order to fulfill the obligation to P’ru Ur’vu.
Click here to download this item in PDF format.
If you are having trouble opening this document,
click here to download Adobe Reader.
|
|
Klein, Michele
"Touch during Childbirth: Yesterday and Today," Klein, Michele. IMAJ, Vol. 5, February 2003, pp.145-147.
Synopsis: This paper takes a historical look at the different forms of touch used by birth attendants to ease the safe arrival of a healthy infant.
Click here to download this item in PDF format.
If you are having trouble opening this document,
click here to download Adobe Reader.
|
|
Poleyeff, Israel
"Induced Labor," Poleyeff, Israel. JHCS, 5, 1983, 84-91.
Synopsis: This article discusses inducing labor when a mother or baby's life is in danger as well as a situation when neither the life of the baby nor the life of the mother are in danger.
Click here to download this item in PDF format.
If you are having trouble opening this document,
click here to download Adobe Reader.
|
|
Rosenfeld, Azriel
"Generation, Gestation, and Judaism," Rosenfeld, Azriel. Tradition, 12:1, 1971, 78-87.
Synopsis: This article considers the status of human host motherhood in Jewish law.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Semenic, Sonia E., Callister, Lynn Clark, Feldman, Perle
"Giving Birth: The Voices of Orthodox Jewish Women Living in Canada ," Semenic, Sonia E., Callister, Lynn Clark, Feldman, Perle . Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, Neonatal Nursing, 33:1 , 2004, 80-87.
Synopsis: This academic study based on interviews with thirty Orthodox women documents cultural, religious, and spiritual dimensions of the childbirth experience of Orthodox Jewish women living in Canada. Knowledge and appreciation of the multiple dimensions of childbirth reflected by this study's findings can contribute to holistic and culturally competent nursing care of women and newborns.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Steinberg, Avraham
"Natural Childbirth: May the Husband Attend?," Steinberg, Avraham. JHCS, 2, 1981, 107-122.
Synopsis: This article discusses various halakhic issues about the husband being present to help his wife during child birth.
Click here to download this item in PDF format.
If you are having trouble opening this document,
click here to download Adobe Reader.
|
|
Wolowelsky, Joel B and Grazi, Richard V.; Brander Kenneth; Freundel, Barry; Friedman, Michelle; Goldberg Judah, Greenberger, Ben; Kaplan, Feige; Reichman, Edward; and Zimmerman Deena
"Sex Selection and Halakhic Ethics: A Contemporary Discussion," Wolowelsky, Joel B and Grazi, Richard V.; Brander Kenneth; Freundel, Barry; Friedman, Michelle; Goldberg Judah, Greenberger, Ben; Kaplan, Feige; Reichman, Edward; and Zimmerman Deena. Tradition, 40:1, Spring 2007, 45-78.
Synopsis: In a series of essays, the authors discuss using modern medical techniques for gender selection of a fetus from a halakhic and ethical point of view.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Zimmerman, Deena Rachel
"Duration of Breastfeeding in Jewish Law," Zimmerman, Deena Rachel. Jewish Legal Writings by Women, Ed. Micah D. Halpern and Chana Safrai, 1998, 52-59.
Synopsis: The author, a pediatrician, looks at halakhic and rabbinic views regarding breastfeeding in light of contemporary medical knowledge.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
|
Brown, Erica
"Pick Up Thy Child: Motherhood, Vocation and the Shunamite Woman," Brown, Erica. JOFA 2nd International Conference. 1998.
Click here to download a PDF order form for this item.
If you are having trouble opening this document,
click here to download Adobe Reader.
|
|
Greenberg-Kobrin, Michelle and Ruth Lockshin
"Can Feminism Survive Motherhood?," Greenberg-Kobrin, Michelle and Ruth Lockshin. JOFA One Day Conference, New York. May 2001.
Synopsis: A conversation about the challenges faces by Orthodox feminists who have become, or are becoming mothers - on areas such as synagogue attendance and participation, time constraints, Jewish learning and leadership, contending priorities and public involvement in communal activities.
Click here to download a PDF order form for this item.
If you are having trouble opening this document,
click here to download Adobe Reader.
|
|
Padwa, Mia Diamond
"Breasts, Babies and Boundaries: Breastfeeding in the Talmud," Padwa, Mia Diamond. JOFA 4th International Conference. 2002.
Synopsis: This class examines how breasts and their functioning were the medium in which ideas of marriage, motherhood, and societal class were played out in Talmudic times.
Click here to download a PDF order form for this item.
If you are having trouble opening this document,
click here to download Adobe Reader.
|
|
|
Bleich, J. David
Contemporary Halachic Problems Vol IV. Bleich, J. David. Ktav, 1995.
Synopsis: This volume includes sections on such issues as rabbinic confidentiality, the use of surveillance systems, fax and telephone machines on Shabbos, observance of mitzvos in polar regions, and much more. The author, a distinguished scholar, outlines the issues, brings the opinions of various halachic decisors, and explains the basis of disagreements between them.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Eilberg-Schwartz, Howard
People of the Body?. Eilberg-Schwartz, Howard. SUNY, 1992.
Synopsis: A collection of essays on one of the most extraordinary subjects from scholars in various disciplines. From a meditation of Freud's nose to another on Jews' feet, from sex in the Garden of Eden to eroticism in Zionist philosophy, this collection capitalizes on recent academic work on theories of the body to consider the vexed relationship between the "People of the Book" and those Jewish sources (Biblical, Talmudic, rabbinic) which have made regulation of the body their central concern.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Falk, Sandy, Daniel Judson & Steven A. Rapp
The Jewish Pregnancy Book: A Resource for the Soul, Body & Mind During Pregnancy, Birth & the First Three Months. Falk, Sandy, Daniel Judson & Steven A. Rapp. , 2003.
Synopsis: From reviving prayers our foremothers wrote and passed from one generation to the next, to investigating medical and ethical issues from a Jewish perspective, to exercising the body with pre-natal aleph-bet yoga, this handbook addresses the whole being: the mind, body, and soul of the pregnant Jewish woman.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Feldman, Emanuel & Wolowelsky, Joel B
Jewish Law and the New Reproductive Technologies. Feldman, Emanuel & Wolowelsky, Joel B. Ktav, 1997.
Synopsis: It is man, woman, and God who join together to create a new human child, says the Talmud. Now, with the advent of the New Reproductive Technologies, the doctor-scientist has joined the team, so to speak. Suddenly, humans are not only controlling nature, but creating it as well. All this presents challenges on religious as well as practical levels. Halakha - Jewish Law and Ethics - has much to say about this offers the general reader an insight into how classic Jewish Law continues to offer insights into the most contemporary of problems.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Finkelstein, Baruch & Finkelstein, Michal
B'sha'ah Tovah (Nine Wonderful Months) : The Jewish Woman's Clinical and Halachic Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth. Finkelstein, Baruch & Finkelstein, Michal. Feldheim, 2001.
Synopsis: A handbook and clinical reference guide tracing the birth process from conception through labor and delivery. Citing halachic sources, the authors present the Torah view on subjects ranging from proper nutrition during pregnancy, prenatal testing, driving to the hospital on Shabbos, and information on raising children. Also included are exercises, Lamaze breathing techniques, nursing and infant-care instructions and explanations of medical procedures and terminology.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Frymer-Kensky, Tikva Simone
Motherprayer: The Pregnant Woman's Spiritual Companion. Frymer-Kensky, Tikva Simone. Putnam, 1994.
Synopsis: This book is a collection of prayers, birth incantations, and scriptural narratives which can serve as a spiritual guidebook for pregnant women and mothers.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Haut, Rivka and Grossman, Susan, eds.
Daughters of the King: Women and the Synagogue. Haut, Rivka and Grossman, Susan, eds.. JPS, 1992.
Synopsis: Daughters of the King explains women's involvement in and around the synagogue from its antecedents in the biblical period to contemporary times. Susan Grossman and Rivka Haut have added their experiences and studies to those of other scholars and religious thinkers to demonstrate the historical diversity of women's roles in Judaism, to record first-person accounts of the innovative practices now being introduced for and by women throughout the Jewish community, and to ponder these new realities in order to glimpse the religious life of Jewish women in the future.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
JOFA
Birth, The Orthodox Jewish Woman and Ritual: Options and Opportunities. JOFA. , 2000.
Synopsis: One of a series of manuals on Orthodox Jewish Women and Ritual, this is a collection of essays and prayers about welcoming a baby girl. Also included are historical perspectives on ways in which Jewish women have celebrated this important life cycle event in the past and offers suggestions for meaningful ways to mark this event in our own lives.
Click here to download this item in PDF format.
If you are having trouble opening this document,
click here to download Adobe Reader.
|
|
Klein, Michele
A Time To Be Born: Customs & Folklore of Jewish Birth. Klein, Michele. JPS, 1997.
Synopsis: A Time to be Born draws upon Biblical and rabbinical sources, prayers, folk-tales, folk remedies, mystical literature, as well as the author's own field work, to explore childbirth from a specifically Jewish context.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Millen, Rochelle L.
Women, Birth, and Death In Jewish Law and Practice. Millen, Rochelle L.. University Press of New England, January 2004.
Synopsis: A sensitive exploration of the development of pivotal life cycle rituals as they touch Jewish women's lives.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Resnick Levine, Elizabeth
A Ceremonies Sampler. Resnick Levine, Elizabeth . Women's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education, 1991.
Synopsis: A collection of ceremonies for Jewish women.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
Weisberg, Chana
Expecting Miracles: Finding Meaning and Spirituality in Pregnancy through Traditional Judaism. Weisberg, Chana. Urim, 2003.
Synopsis: Expecting Miracles is a collection of honest and inspiring interviews with traditionally observant Jewish mothers about their diverse experiences of pregnancy and childbearing.
Click here to purchase this item.
|
|
|
New sources are continually being added to JOFA.org. Check back often!
If you have a submission you would like us to consider, send it to
website@jofa.org.
|
|
|
|
|
