Addressing the practical and the theological challenges …

Addressing the practical and the theological challenges that feminism poses to halakah, Ross offers a brilliant study, informed not only by ancient, medieval, and modern Jewish sources, but also by postmodernism, the history of feminism, process theology, mysticism, and legal theory . . . She finds the key to change in women’s increasing knowledge of halakah, whose meaning women can transform by weaving a different narrative . . . Highly recommended.