Daughters of the king : women and the synagogue : a survey of history, halakhah, and contemporary realities / / editors, Susan Grossman, Rivka Haut

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785275403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : Jewish Publication Society, 1993; ©1992
• ISBN: 0-8276-0991-4
• Edizione: [First paperback edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvii, 340 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): GrossmanSusan <1954->; HautRivka <1942-2014.>
• Disciplina: 296.6/5/082
• Soggetti: Women in synagogues; Jewish women - Religious life; Women (Jewish law); Prayer - Judaism; Jewish women
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Transliteration""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface: Daughters of the King""; ""Introduction: Women and the Synagogue ""; ""One: History""; ""Women and the Jerusalem Temple ""; ""Women and the Ancient Synagogue""; ""Women and the Synagogue in Medieval Cairo""; ""Women's Voices, Women's Prayers: The European Synagogues of the Middle Ages""; ""Tehines: A Brief Survey of Women's Prayers""; ""Two: Halakhah""; ""Are Women Obligated to Pray?""; ""Purity and Piety: The Separation of Menstruants from the Sancta""; ""Mehitzah: Halakhic Decisions and Political Consequences"" ""Women's Prayer Groups and the Orthodox Synagogue""; ""Women and the Conservative Synagogue""; ""Language and Liturgy""; ""Three: Contemporary Realities""; ""The Synagogue as a Sacred Space for the Elderly Oriental Women of Jerusalem""; ""From Persia to New York: An Interview with Three Generations of Iranian Women""; ""The Impact of the Jewish Women's Movement on the American Synagogue: 1972 ; -1985""; ""Personal Vignettes""; ""Growing Up Lubavitch""; ""On Being a Rebbetzin""; ""Egalitarianism and the Havurah Movement""; ""On Being a Rabbi"" ""On Becoming a Cantor""; ""Building Synagogue Skills""; ""On Being a Hazzanit""; ""Bat Mitzvah: Coming of Age in Brooklyn""; ""Celebrating Simhat Torah in Jerusalem""; ""The Presence of Women""; ""The Sefer Torah Comes Home""; ""On Wearing Tallit and Tefillin""; ""Finding Comfort After A Miscarriage""; ""A Ritual for Affirming and Accepting Pregnancy""; ""Looking to the Future: Conclusions""; ""Glossary""; ""Contributors""; ""Key Sources""; ""Index""