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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Jewish Women in American Society

1.1 Jewish Immigration into the United States

1.2 Religious Dimensions of American Jewish Community

1.2.1 Women in Reform Judaism

1.2.2 Women in Conservative Judaism

1.2.3 Women in Reconstructionist Judaism

1.2.4 Women in Orthodox Judaism

1.2.4.1 ‘Ultra-Orthodox’ Judaism

1.2.4.2 ‘Modern Orthodox’ Judaism

1.2.4.3 Problematic Position of Women in Orthodox Judaism

1.2.5 Women in Humanistic Judaism and Jewish Renewal

1.3 Impact of Jewish Feminism on the American Jewish Community

1.3.1 Jewish Feminist Movement versus American Feminism

1.3.2 Feminist Critique of Judaism

1.3.3 Achievements of Jewish Feminism

1.4 Position of Jewish Women in the American Community – Concluding Remarks

Chapter 2 American Jewish Women’s Writing

2.1 Defining American Jewish Literature

2.2 Three Generations of American Jewish Female Writers

2.2.1 The First Generation – Jewish Immigrant Experience

2.2.2 The Second Generation – Immersion in the American Mainstream

2.2.3 The Third Generation – Return to Jewish Roots/Orthodoxy

2.3 American Jewish Women’s Literature in the Twentieth Century – Concluding Remarks

Chapter 3 American Jewish Women’s Quest for Identity and Spirituality in the Contemporary Writings of American Jewish Female Authors

3.1 Orthodoxy as Patriarchy – Maintenance of the Status Quo

3.2 Revivification of Orthodoxy – Development of Feminist Orthodoxy

3.3 Diversity within Orthodoxy – Amelioration of Intra-Orthodox Friction Through Feminism

3.4 Return to Jewish Roots, Tradition and Religion

3.4.1 Ba’alot Teshuvah Searching for Spirituality and the Roots within Orthodoxy

3.4.2 Ba’alot Teshuvah Searching for Post-Modern Piety and Post-Ethnic Identity

3.5 Judaism and Intermarriage – Jettisoning Orthodoxy for the Secular World

Conclusion

Works Cited

Index