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WUJS - World Union of Jewish Students
HERitage and HIStory: Resource Book on Jewish Women Issues, Based Around Rosh Chodesh Activities, compiled by WUJS - World Union of Jewish Students.

Synopsis: Materials and activities devoted to Jewish women and based around the months of the Jewish calendar. It is a resource book filled with ideas, concepts, and methods.

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Article

Breger, Jennifer
"A Special Mitzvah: Shabbat Candles ," Breger, Jennifer. The Orthodox Jewish Woman and Ritual: Options and Opportunities - Shabbat, JOFA, 2000, 7-8.

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Dauber, Abi
"Women and Shabbat On A College Campus ," Dauber, Abi. The Orthodox Jewish Woman and Ritual: Options and Opportunities - Shabbat, JOFA, 2000, 16-17.

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Goldstein, Elyse M
"Jewish Feminism and New Jewish Rituals," Goldstein, Elyse M. Candian Women Studies, 16:4, 1996.

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JOFA
"Tchina for Lighting Shabbat Candles," JOFA. The Orthodox Jewish Woman and Ritual: Options and Opportunities - Shabbat, JOFA, 2000, 8.

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JOFA
"Day of Rest, Day of Study: Women and Learning on Shabbat ," JOFA. The Orthodox Jewish Woman and Ritual: Options and Opportunities - Shabbat, 2000, 19-21.

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"A Tchina for Putting Challah in the Oven in Shabbat," JOFA. The Orthodox Jewish Woman and Ritual: Options and Opportunities - Shabbat, JOFA, 2000, 9.

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JOFA
JOFA. JOFA Journal, VIII:1, Spring, 2009.

Synopsis: This issue of the JOFA Journal contains a wealth of articles about Shabbat, including personal stories and essays about the rituals of Shabbat.

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Musleah, Rahel
"Jewish Art with a Feminist Consciousness: A Growing Number of Women Are Creating Jewish Ritual Objects Their Way," Musleah, Rahel. Na'a,at Woman Magazine, 2002.

Synopsis: Musleah writes about new expressions of women's roles and experiences within traditional Judaism as they are expressed by increasing numbers of women creating ceremonial and ritual art.

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Weissler, Chava
"Woman as High Priest: A Kabbalistic Prayer in Yiddish for Lighting Sabbath Candles," Weissler, Chava. Jewish History, 5, 1991.

Synopsis: Chava Weissler discusses the issue of women's place in kabbalistic thought.

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Audio

Schwartz, Baruch J
"How Times Have Changed: Women and Ritual in Biblical Times," Schwartz, Baruch J. JOFA 3rd International Conference. 2000.

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Shapiro, Rona
"Seeking Fulfillment: Guide to Creating Personal Ritual," Shapiro, Rona. JOFA 4th International Conference. 2002.

Synopsis: This session analyzes classical and contemporary examples of Jewish ritual in order to understand how to create effective and meaningful new rituals.

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Book

Broner, Esther M
Bringing Home the Light: A Jewish Woman's Handbook of Rituals. Broner, Esther M. Council Oak Books, 1999.

Synopsis: Bringing Home the Light is a handbook for bringing ritual and ceremony back into the lives of women.

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Fram, Edward
My Dear Daughter: Rabbi Benjamin Slonik and the Education of Jewish Women in Sixteenth-Century Poland. Fram, Edward. Hebrew Union College Press, 2007.

Synopsis: The author presents historical and sociological background to a 16th century Yiddish halakhic handbook on the laws of niddah, hallah, and Shabbat and festival candles written by Rabbi Benjamin Slonik for lay people and women. He then presents a transcription of the text together with an English translation.

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Lavie, Aliza, ed.
A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book. Lavie, Aliza, ed.. Spiegel and Grau, 2008.

Synopsis: A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book, originally published in Hebrew, is a collection of prayers written by and/or for Jewish women from a diverse range of historical and cultural backgrounds. The collection includes prayers for life-cycle events, times of crisis, women's mitzvot, holidays, the Sabbath, festivals, and more. Hebrew texts are included.

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Riskin, Shlomo
Around the Family Table: A Comprehensive Bencher and Companion for Shabbat and Festival Meals and other Family Occasions. Riskin, Shlomo. , 2005.

Synopsis: This book of prayer and celebration is intended to serve as a guide for meaningful expressions of the Jewish experience at home. It includes blessings and songs celebrating the entire year of Jewish festivals and Sabbaths, in Hebrew, with English instructions and translations.

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