Vol 9, No 2 (2012)

Table of Contents

Articles

Rethinking the Book of Esther: Feminist Hermeneutics and Shechinah Theology in the Poetry of Amy Levy HTML PDF
Luke Devine
Giving Voice to a Matriarch: Leah in Contemporary Israeli Dramatic Monologues PDF
Anat Koplowitz-Breier

Biographical Essays

Olga Benario Prestes: The Cinematic Martyrdom of a Revolutionary Jewish Woman and the Reconstruction of National Identity in Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva’s Brazil HTML PDF
Tzvi Tal
Images and the Duty of Memory: The Survival of a People Due to Their Spirit (1957) by Fanny Rabel PDF
Dina Comisarenco Mirkin

Essays

Entertaining Esther: Vamp, Victim, And Virtuous Woman HTML PDF
David J. Zucker
Zipporah and the Brit Milah: A Woman Circumciser HTML PDF
Moshe Reiss

Book Reviews

Shapiro, Malkah. The Rebbe’s Daughter: Memoir of a Hasidic Childhood. Translated, with an Introduction and Commentary by Nehemia Polen. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 2002. HTML PDF
Rivka Chaya Schiller
The JPS Bible Commentary – Ruth – Commentary by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Tikva Frymer-Kensky. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 2011. HTML PDF
David J. Zucker
Living Legacies: A Collection of Inspirational Contemporary Canadian Jewish Women. Volume III. Edited by Liz Pearl. Toronto: PK Press, 2011. HTML PDF
Marilyn Herbert

Fiction - Short Stories

Bartenura 10 HTML PDF
Beth Kissileff

Fiction - Poetry

New Year Moon HTML PDF
Mori Glaser


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