| Description |
xxxii, 351 pages : portrait ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-340) and index. |
| Contents |
Separate and unequal : gender segregation on public buses -- Neither seen nor heard : erasing women's public presence -- The battle of the "modesty squads" -- The plight of the women of the wall -- War within the ranks : religion and gender issues in the Israel defense forces -- Family matters : the fight over fertility -- A not-so-perfect union : marriage, divorce, and the endless suffering of chained women -- The official Judaism : blacklists, bastards, and the conversion problem -- The little girl who moved a nation : how Na'ama Margolese became a face for change. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Women -- Israel -- Social conditions.
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Sexism in religion -- Israel.
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Sexism in religion. (OCoLC)fst01114729
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Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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Israel. (OCoLC)fst01204236
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| ISBN |
9781492604594 (cloth) |
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1492604593 (cloth) |
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9781402293948 (Paper) |
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1402293941 (Paper) |
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