The JPS Guide to Jewish Women - by Emily Taitz & Sondra Henry & Cheryl Tallan (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This sourcebook casts a new and clear light on Jewish women as individuals throughout history, setting them firmly within the context of their own cultural and historical periods. Hundreds of biographical entries provide specifics on women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century. Students and scholars of history and women's studies, adult Jewish learners, and those interested will find this to be an invaluable resource, one that can be referred to over and over again.

Review Quotes

"[A] wonderful, unique contribution to the study of Jewish women."--Canadian Jewish News

"A jewel."--Publishers Weekly

"An excellent tool for exploring a rich sampling of individual Jewish women from ancient times to the beginning of the twentieth century and learning what historians have unearthed about them."--Feminist Collections

"An impressive chronological and geographical sourcebook . . . Recommended. General readers through faculty."--Choice

"This is a good reference book for almost any library with a Judaica collection. It would also be a fine Bat Mitzvah gift."--Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter

"This is an indispensable resource about the role of Jewish women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century."--Jewish Book Council-- (12/21/2017 12:00:00 AM)