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Marcus, Bat Sheva
"The Road to Wearing a Tallit: Why an Orthodox Woman Wears a Tallit," Marcus, Bat Sheva. JOFA Journal, V, 3, 2005, 12.
Synopsis: Bat Sheva Marcus describes the journey that brought her to wear a tallit in daily prayer.
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Amsellem, Wendy
"God is a Man of War: Gender, Language and Jewish Texts," Amsellem, Wendy. JOFA One Day Conference, New York, 2001. 2001.
Synopsis: The Torah describes God in consistently masculine terms. In our liturgy, we pray to God as Father, Master, and War-Hero. Many of our halakhic and exegetical texts depict women in terms ranging from unflattering to misogynistic. How do we as Orthodox feminists relate to these texts and how do these texts affect the way we study, pray, and think about God?
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Joseph, Norma Baumel
"Fringes: Tied to Torah (Women & Tallit)," Joseph, Norma Baumel. JOFA 3rd International Conference, 2000. 2000.
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Henkin, Yehuda Herzl
Responsa On Contemporary Jewish Women's Issues. Henkin, Yehuda Herzl. Ktav, 2003.
Synopsis: Twenty-four modern responsa translated from the hebrew. Discussion of the separation of men & women in the synagogue and the prayer "who has not made me a woman", women's prayer groups, hair covering, more.
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Meiselman, Moshe
Jewish Women in Jewish Law. Meiselman, Moshe. Ktav, 1978.
Synopsis: Rabbi Moshe Meiselman addresses the attitude of Jewish law to women and how the Jewish tradition views the contemporary challenge of feminism. He discusses in detail such current issues as creative ritual, women in a minyan, aliyot for women, talit and tefillin. The question of agunah is also given lengthy consideration. The author mixes current issues with scholary ones and gives full treatment to other issues such as learning Torah by women, women position in court both as witnesses and as litigants, the marriage ceremony & marital life.
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