Daughters of the King : Women and the Synagogue - A Survey of History, Halakhah, and Contemporary Realities.

Cover -- Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Preface: Daughters of the King -- Introduction: Women and the Synagogue -- One: History -- Women and the Jerusalem Temple -- Women and the Ancient Synagogue -- Women and the Synagogue in Medieval Cairo -- Women's Voices, Women's Prayers: The European Synagogues of the Middle Ages -- Tehines: A Brief Survey of Women's Prayers -- Two: Halakhah -- Are Women Obligated to Pray? -- Purity and Piety: The Separation of Menstruants from the Sancta -- Mehitzah: Halakhic Decisions and Political Consequences -- Women's Prayer Groups and the Orthodox Synagogue -- Women and the Conservative Synagogue -- Language and Liturgy -- Three: Contemporary Realities -- The Synagogue as a Sacred Space for the Elderly Oriental Women of Jerusalem -- From Persia to New York: An Interview with Three Generations of Iranian Women -- The Impact of the Jewish Women's Movement on the American Synagogue: 1972 -1985 -- Personal Vignettes -- Growing Up Lubavitch -- On Being a Rebbetzin -- Egalitarianism and the Havurah Movement -- On Being a Rabbi -- On Becoming a Cantor -- Building Synagogue Skills -- On Being a Hazzanit -- Bat Mitzvah: Coming of Age in Brooklyn -- Celebrating Simhat Torah in Jerusalem -- The Presence of Women -- The Sefer Torah Comes Home -- On Wearing Tallit and Tefillin -- Finding Comfort After A Miscarriage -- A Ritual for Affirming and Accepting Pregnancy -- Looking to the Future: Conclusions -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Key Sources -- Index.

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