Description:
Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law offers a comprehensive study of the halakhic literature on the intersection of the value of gender equality with traditional Jewish communal prayer. It cuts through polemics and apologetics to present a source-based analysis, making it essential reading for communities and decision-makers seeking a deeper basis for their choices and practices.
Now in an updated edition, including Rabbi Tucker's pathbreaking essay "Category Shifts in Jewish Law and Practice," Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law is a model for serious halakhic thought and discussion on sensitive issues in a contemporary world.
Brief description: Rabbi Mich'ael Rosenberg is Faculty at Hadar. He holds rabbinic ordination from both the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and from his teacher, Rabbi Elisha Ancselovits, and has a PhD in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author of Signs of Virginity: Testing Virgins and Making Men in Late Antiquity (Oxford University Press, 2018).