Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia

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A source on Jewish women, this electronic encyclopedia contains 1,698 biographical entries, 330 articles, and over 1,200 photographs and illustrations. It captures the histories and achievements of Jewish women from biblical times and sheds light on their changing roles worldwide. It also features a full-text search of all articles and captions.

About the author (2006)

Paula E. Hyman is the Lucy Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University

Dalia Ofer is the Max and Rita Haber Professor for Holocaust Studies in the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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