Jewish Voices in Feminism

Nelly Las is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a Helen Gartner Hammer Scholar-in-Residence at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute. Her interests include comparative Jewish diasporas in cross-cultural and gender perspectives. She is the author of Jewish Women in a Changing World: A History of the International Council of Jewish Women, originally published in French and available in English. Ruth Morris is a freelance translator and researcher.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: New Orientations and Commitments in Contemporary Feminism1. Differences and Identities: From Feminist Controversies to Current Jewish Dilemmas2. The Use and Abuse of Jews/Women Analogies in Contradictory Arguments3. Identity through the Feminist Lens: American Responses4. Being Jewish and Feminist in France5. From Confrontation to Dialogue: Jewish Women Face Christian Theologies6. Feminism, Secularism, and Religion in France7. Feminism and Zionism: Conflictual Narratives8. Israel and Zionism in the Global Feminist DebateConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex

"This volume privileges the voices and experiences of women and so should be required reading for those interested in feminist theory, Middle Eastern politics, and/or religious identity."-CHOICE "Nelly Las offers a transnational approach to analyzing the intersections of feminism and Jewishness."-Joyce Antler, Springer Journal “On a matter that concerns us today-the question of identity-Nelly Las examines the diversity, contradictions, and complexities of various ‘Jewish voices’ in French and American feminism during the last half century. This thought-provoking book helps us to better hear and understand these voices in the context of our time.”-Michelle Perrot, coeditor of the History of Women in the West series and 2014 winner of the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women’s Freedom