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Publication Notes

Orthodox Feminist Alliance Volume VII, Issue 1
Spring 2008–Adar 2 5768

President:
Carol Kaufman Newman

Founding President:
Blu Greenberg

Executive Director:
Robin Bodner

Editor:
Jennifer Stern Breger

Editorial Committee:
Allie Alperovich
Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker
Pam Scheininger

Founding Donors:
Belda and Marcel Lindenbaum
Jewish Life Network/
Steinhardt Foundation
The Harry Stern Family Foundation,
Zelda R. Stern

Reclaiming Women's Names

Articles

Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother

Jewish Women’s Names: A Historical Perspective

Reflections on the Ethics of Naming in a Community of Prayer

Growing Into the Legacy of Beruria

Naming Eve

“If They are Not Prophets, Then They are the Children of Prophets”1

The Generosity of Our Foremothers

Of Wives and Mothers: How the Naming of Children Reveal the Historic Destinies of Rachel and Leah

Claiming and Reclaiming Our Mothers’ Names

Sarah’s Name

Named and Unnamed Women in the Bible

Every Appelation Tells a Story: Naming a Daughter

Thank God for Woman: Blessings of Praise for the New Arrival

What’s in a Title? The Roles of Female Religious Professionals

A Girl and Her Grandmother

Emerging Voices: In Pursuit of Spirtuality: Looking for My Comfort Zone

In the Cities of Judah and the Streets of Jerusalem…

Book Corner

Shaerei Simcha: Gates of Joy:

Hours of Devotion: Fanny Neuda’s Book of Prayers for Jewish Women

Eternally Eve: Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry

Inventing Jewish Ritual

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