Judaism Since Gender offers a radically new concept of Jewish Studies, staking out new intellectual terrain and redefining the discipline as an intrinsically feminist practice.
The question of how knowledge is gendered has been discussed by philosophers and feminists for years, yet is still new to many scholars of Judaism. Judaism Since Gender illuminates a crucial debate among intellectuals both within and outside the academy, and ultimately overturns the belief that scholars of Judaism are still...

Miriam Peskowitz offers a dramatic revision to our understanding of early rabbinic Judaism. Using a wide range of sources--archaeology, legal texts, grave goods, technology, art, and writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin--she challenges traditional assumptions regarding Judaism's historical development.

Following the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple by Roman armies in 70 C.E., new incarnations of Judaism emerged. Of these, rabbinic Judaism was the most successful, becoming the classical form of the religion. Through ancient stories involving Jewish spinners and weavers,...

The media, from Dr. Phil to the New York Times Magazine, is adamant that there is no love lost between working parents and those who stay home with their children, each fighting an ideological and economic war based on what they think is best for their children. Yet in reality, as Miriam Peskowitz powerfully discloses, parents don t want to fight one another at all; they simply want more options. Moreover, the very sides in this debate don t exist: one third of all mothers work part-time, falling in the vast abyss between full-time careerist and at-home mommy. How does the corporate...

Alles, was Mädchen fasziniert: Das Abenteuer-Handbuch ein Muss für alle starken Töchter und ihre Mütter§§Wer hat behauptet, nur Jungs liebten Abenteuer, Tüfteleien und Heldentaten? Was Jungs können, können Mädchen besser, und das Secret Book for Girls zeigt ihnen, wie! Für alle starken, frechen Mädchen von heute versammelt es alles, was Spaß, Spannung und Abenteuer verspricht und das meint keinesfalls Knopflöcher säumen, sondern: Wie man ein Lagerfeuer entfacht, einen Reifen wechselt oder den perfekten Streich spielt, aufregende Porträts starker Frauen (von Kleopatra bis...

The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know--and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers--although that's included, of course Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this book is every girl's invitation to adventure.