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Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism (HBI Series on Jewish Women)

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In this brilliant book, Tamar Ross explores theological questions essential to Orthodox Judaism with honesty and a deep commitment to the Orthodox tradition. She does a remarkable job of exploring the Feminist critique of Orthodox Judaism while maintaining that the tradition and its loyalty to halacha -- Jewish law -- are essential for the long-term survival of the Jewish people. Rejecting apologist rationalizations of a woman's sometimes difficult position in the tradition, she instead offers a powerful and satisfying alternative explanation of how to view women's issues within the tradition, a view based on respected and even revered sources in Orthodoxy itself. This book should be required reading for all thinking, searching and questioning Jewish women.