The Jewish Woman in Contemporary Society: Transitions and Traditions - Softcover

"In , editor R. Cochran of Pepperdine University's School of Law has assembled a valuable collection of sixteen essays by American legal scholars that focus perspectives of several religious traditions on particular legal issues... This volume would represent a good addition as a supplemental text to a law school or graduate seminar class on law and religion."-Religious Studies Review, "This timely book urges readers to look at the courthouse 'from a faith context .' [A]n exciting picture of the relationship between pluralistic faiths and law." -"Choice", "A truly remarkable collection of first-rate essays by a variety of scholars, one more illuminating than the other." -Amitai Etzioni, author of "Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy" "A tremendous addition to the literature bounded by the topics of ethics, religion, public policy, and law. . . . A remarkable contribution in its conception and execution." -Ellen S. Pryor, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University

Across the religious/non-religious spectrum, Jewish women have been affected by the women's movement, the impact on some leading to a reassessment of the woman's role in Judaism, with its emphasis on family and home. Conversely, a small but significant minority have withdrawn into the safety of extreme Orthodoxy. In the centre, the majority are seeking a balance between the powerful internalized message of Judaism, extolling marriage and motherhood as woman's primary concern, and a changing perception of themselves.