The war on women in Israel
Subtitle: a story of religious radicalism and the women fighting for freedom
By: Elana Maryles Sztokman
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781492604594
Subjects: Jewish women; Doctrines; Social conditions; Orthodox Judaism; Sexism in religion; Women
Description: Examines the ways that ultra-Orthodox Jews limit the rights of all women in Israel by insisting on a strict separation of the sexes--even segregated buses--and control marriage, divorce, and conversion, and details attempts at resistance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Separate and unequal : gender segregation on public buses; title: Neither seen nor heard : erasing women's public presence; title: The battle of the "modesty squads"; title: The plight of the women of the wall; title: War within the ranks : religion and gender issues in the Israel defense forces; title: Family matters : the fight over fertility; title: A not-so-perfect union : marriage, divorce, and the endless suffering of chained women; title: The official Judaism : blacklists, bastards, and the conversion problem; title: The little girl who moved a nation : how Na'ama Margolese became a face for change.