Gender and Jewish Law
Journal: Melilah Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies (1759-1953)
Year: 2019

This essay analyses the development of feminist critiques of Jewish law, suggesting that slow progress in addressing issues of women's inequality under Jewish law through traditional mechanisms of legal criticism has led to greater focus on the jurisgenerative role of alternative rituals. Contemporary Jewish feminist legal thought identifies creativity and innovation in Jewish marital and divorce practices as a powerful tool of legal change, as important as the production of analyses of legal te