Life on the Fringes: A Feminist Journey Toward Traditional Rabbinic OrdinationPart memoir, part commentary, this book recounts a Jewish feminist journey: a modern Orthodox childhood, emergence of feminism and other social justice commitments, a serious engagement of Jewish text and studying for rabbinic ordination with an orthodox rabbi. |
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Life on the Fringes: A Feminist Journey Toward Traditional Rabbinic Ordination Haviva Ner-David No preview available - 2014 |
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