Jewish Women in America: Preserving Jewish Tradition. Essay

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Jewish Women in America: preserving Jewish Tradition.

Women play an important role in the preservation of the Jewish identity within families and larger communities. Women hold many positions in society that aid this role including more traditional roles for women, such as mother or teacher, as well as contemporary roles, such as writer, politician, or other professional. Jewish women in America face the challenge of facing a rapidly changing contemporary society while continuing to uphold and pass down, to new generations, ancient traditions rich in symbolism and meaning. This essay will briefly introduce three prominent American Jewish Women who have played a contemporary role in upholding and preserving Jewish Tradition in the broadest sense.

The Jerusalem Post printed a special piece, in celebration of Shavuot, on "The Fifty Most Influential Jews in the World." The list included seven women, two of which are Americans: the first one Ruth Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; and Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court nominee. Although both are highly accomplished, neither is known for her role in preserving a Jewish identity or passing down Jewish Traditions per se. Therefore a search was made to find three women, lesser known and perhaps less influential, who excel in the aforementioned talents: Blu Greenberg, Dr. Jayne Guberman, Julie Wiener

Blu Greenberg is an American writer, who was born in 1936. She specializes in women's issues in Modern Judaism and has become involved in Jewish Feminist Movements and is the co-founder of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.

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Wanting to learn what "feminism and Orthodoxy could learn from one another," she identified seven areas of interest: language, legal testimony, family law, prayer and community, life cycle ceremonies, learning, and leadership roles. Holding two Master's degrees, she is an accomplished writer who has published, "On Women and Judaism: A View from Tradition," and "How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household," among other works. She lectures to Jewish communities and university in the United States and beyond. The American Jewish Congress Commission for Women's Equality awarded her the "Woman Who Made a Difference" award in AD 2000.

Next is Dr. Jayne Guberman who is the Director of Oral History at the Jewish Women's Archive (JWA), where she manages the national oral history and exhibition program. A component of this position was to direct….....

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