Tova Hartman

Tova Hartman is a Professor of Gender Studies and Education at Bar Ilan University of Ramat Gan,^[1] specializing in gender and religion, and gender and psychology. She is the author of a book on Jewish and Catholic mothers, titled Appropriately Subversive, as well as a book on the crossroads of Jewish Tradition and modern feminism, titled Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism, which won the National Jewish Book Award in 2008. She is a founder of Kehillat Shira Hadasha, a congregation organized to increase women's participation and leadership within traditional Jewish prayer and halakha.^[2][3][4] She is the daughter of Rabbi Prof. David Hartman and the sister of Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman.

See also

• Hebrew University
• Education
• Shira Hadasha
• Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
• Jewish feminism
• Role of women in Judaism

Footnotes

1. ^ Rachel Silverman (February 15, 2007). "Where Do We Go From Here?". Jewish Exponent. http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/12199/. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 
2. ^ Vernon Kurtz (March 12, 2009). "Creating a space for God’s presence". Shalom Hartman Institute. http://www.hartman.org.il/Focus_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=310. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
3. ^ Barbara Sofer (February 1, 2007). "The Human Spirit: Who's afraid of Shira Hadasha?". JPost. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467866508&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 
4. ^ Ben Harris (February 14, 2007). "Feminist group marks progress, but not on the issue of agunot". JTA. http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=17576&intcategoryid=4. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 

External links

• Hebrew University School of Education
• Tova Hartman and Tamar Miller, "Our Tradition, Ourselves", JOFA Bulletin, Winter 2001
• Jessica Ravitz, "An Orthodox Feminist Revolutionary", Moment, January/February 2009.

References

• Hartman, T., Appropriately Subversive: Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions, Harvard University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-674-00886-3
• Hartman, T. and Marmon, M., "Lived Regulations, Systemic Attributions Menstrual Separation and Ritual Immersion in the Experience of Orthodox Jewish Women." Gender & Society 18:3, pp. 389–408 (2004)
• "Orthodox Group Fetes Traditional Roles", Forward, May 11, 2001