Rachel Biale

Author of Women and Jewish Law: The Essential Texts, Their History, and Their Relevance for Today

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Works by Rachel Biale

Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood (2020) 6 copies

My Pet Died: A Let's Make a Book about It Book (2004) 4 copies

We Are Moving: A Let's Make a Book about It Book (1996) 4 copies

WOMEN & JEWISH LAW 1 copy

Lost and Found (2022) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1952
Gender: female
Education: University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA|Jewish history)
Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work (MSW)
Occupations: clinical social worker
Jewish historian
children's book author
artist
children's book illustrator
Nationality: Israel
Places of residence: Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin, Israel
Los Angeles, California, USA
Binghamton, New York, USA
Berkeley, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Women and Jewish Law: The Essential Texts, Their History, and Their Relevance for Today by Rachel Biale

NO OF PAGES: 293 SUB CAT I: Women's Studies SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: How has a legal tradition determined by men affected the lives of women? What are the traditional Jewish views of marriage, divorce, sexuality, contraception, abortion? This book gives readers access to the central texts of the Jewish religious tradition.NOTES: SUBTITLE: The Essential Texts, Their History, & Their Relevance for Today

Feb 18, 2011