Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism

by Tamar Ross

Book Overview

Expanding the Palace of Torah offers a broad philosophical overview of the challenges the women's revolution poses to Orthodox Judaism, as well as Orthodox Judaism's response to those challenges. Writing as an insider--herself an Orthodox Jew--Tamar Ross confronts the radical feminist critique of Judaism as a religion deeply entrenched in patriarchy. Surprisingly, very little work has been done in this area, beyond exploring the leeway for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168458051X
• ISBN13: 9781684580514
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"