Four Paradigms of Legal Change
American Conservative Halachic Rulings on Women’s Roles in Synagogue Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11678754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iddo Haklai (Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-194 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-1114 • E-ISSN: 1086-3273 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/mj/kjaa001 |
| OpenAlex | W3022477774 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Conservative Judaism in North America has undergone significant changes over the last seventy years regarding the issue of women’s roles within the synagogue. A review of different halachic responsa addressing women’s participation in three central functions of public prayer—receiving aliyot to the Torah, leading public prayer, and being counted in the prayer quorum, the minyan—reveals four different paradigms of legal change within the Conservative Movement and allows us to recognize certain trends throughout time
Judaism · Political science · Prayer · Sociology · Torah · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Religion, Society, and Development · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |