Tova Hartman
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Tova Hartman (born 1957), scholar and social entrepreneur, is the Dean of Humanities at the Kiryat Ono Academic College.
Biography[]
She was formerly Professor of Gender Studies and Education at Bar Ilan University,[1] specializing in gender and religion, and gender and psychology.
She is the author of a book on Jewish and Catholic mothers, titled Appropriately Subversive, as well as a book on the crossroads of Jewish Tradition and modern feminism, titled Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Women's Studies in 2007.[2]
Hartman most recently authored Are You Not a Man Of God? Devotion, Betrayal and Social Criticism in Jewish Tradition.
She is a founder of Kehillat Shira Hadasha, a congregation organized to increase women's participation and leadership within traditional Jewish prayer and halakha.[3][4][5]
She is the daughter of Rabbi Prof. David Hartman. She was married to Moshe Halbertal, and they have three daughters.
Published works[]
- Hartman, T., Appropriately Subversive: Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions, Harvard University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-674-00886-3
- Hartman, T. and Marmon, M., "Lived Regulations, Systemic Attributions Menstrual Separation and Ritual Immersion in the Experience of Orthodox Jewish Women." Gender & Society 18:3, pp. 389–408 (2004)
See also[]
- Feminist Jewish ethics
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Jewish feminism
- Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
- Women in Judaism
References[]
- ^ Rachel Silverman (February 15, 2007). "Where Do We Go From Here?". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
- ^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Vernon Kurtz (March 12, 2009). "Creating a space for God's presence". Shalom Hartman Institute. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ Barbara Sofer (February 1, 2007). "The Human Spirit: Who's afraid of Shira Hadasha?". JPost. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
- ^ Ben Harris (February 14, 2007). "Feminist group marks progress, but not on the issue of agunot". JTA. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
External links[]
- Hebrew University School of Education
- Tova Hartman and Tamar Miller, "Our Tradition, Ourselves", JOFA Bulletin, Winter 2001
- Jessica Ravitz, "An Orthodox Feminist Revolutionary", Moment, January/February 2009.
- "Orthodox Group Fetes Traditional Roles", Forward, May 11, 2001
- Living people
- Israeli academics
- Israeli Jews
- Orthodox Jewish feminists
- Bar-Ilan University faculty
- 1957 births
- Jewish ethicists
- Ono Academic College faculty