Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies

General culture & feminism

• Amit Women in Israel- Our children, Israel’s future
• Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America by Phyllis Holman Weisbard
• Bat Kol: A Feminist House of Study
• Bat Shalom
• Bet Debora
• Bibliography of Jewish Womens’ Resources Compiled by: Tsiporah Wexler-Pashkoff
• Bridges - Jewish Feminist Journal
• Emma Lazarus
• Emma Lazarus Federation
• Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Center
• Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies at Penn
• Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies E-Journals at Penn (note: some restricted to UPenn Community)
• The Hadassah International Research Institute on Jewish Women (Brandeis University)
• History of Jewish Women in America
• ISHA - The Jewish Woman’s Resource Page
• Jewish Feminist Resource (Jew-Feminist-Resources.com)
• Jewish Renaissance Center
• Jewish Women in Antiquity (Meir Bar-Ilan, abstract)
• Jewish Women’s Archive
• Jewish Women International
• Jewish Women Unpacking on the Prairie
• The Jewish Women’s Network
• Journey - Ma’yan’s journal of Jewish feminist issues
• Lilith
• Ma’ayan - Torah Studies Initiative for Women (Boston)
• Ma’yan - The Jewish Women’s Project “Ma’yan’s mission is to act as a catalyst for change in the Jewish community in order to create an environment more inclusive of and responsive to women, women’s needs and women’s experiences” (New York)
• Medieval Jewish Women in History, Literature, Law, and Art: An Annotated Bibliography, Compiled by Cheryl Tallan (ORB - The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies)
• Judith Peixotto (1823-1881), first Jewish principal in the City of New York, by Aviva Ben-Ur (Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, ) Routledge, 1997, and American Jewish Historical Society, 1998)
• Machon Chana - Women’s Institute for the Study of Judaism (Chabad/Lubavitch)
• Rebecca Machado Phillips (1746-1831), Pioneering Leader in Jewish and Secular American Communal Life, by Aviva Ben-Ur (Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, ) Routledge, 1997, and American Jewish Historical Society, 1998)
• Women and the Holocaust
• Women in Judaism - a multidisciplinary journal
• Women of Reform Judaism
• Women of the Holocaust
• Women of Valor: Partisans and Resistance Fighters (Judy Cohen)

Domestic/spousal abuse

• Bibliography of Sources on Sexual and Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community (Marcia Cohn Spiegel)
• Coalition Against Jewish Domestic Violence of the Delaware Valley
  Counseling and Information Service
  tel: (215) 938-1833 or (610) 688-4946
  email: rabbicgreen@aol.com
  Hotline: (215) 885-5020 or (800) 773-2424
  (call and ask for Rachel)
• CHAI - Community Help and Abuse Information (Crisis Line (303) 836-1819)
• JACS - Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others
• Jewish Resources on Relationship Abuse and for Aganot (Jewish Women International)
• Project Ohr - Jewish Women International’s campaign to provide awareness about abuse in Jewish relationships
• Resources, hotlines, and shelters for Victims of Jewish Domestic Abuse
• Wife Abuse in the Jewish Community (Womanabuseprevention.com - Resources and emergency contacts in and for Canada)

Gay, lesbian, and other gender resources

• CLAF - Community of Feminist Lesbians, Israel
• Congregation Beth Ahavah, serving the Philadelphia and the greater Delaware Valley area’s gay, lesbian, and bisexual Jewish community
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Studies’ E-Journals at Penn (note: some restricted to UPenn Community)
• International Listing of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organizations
• J-BaGel - Philadelphia area Jewish student organization serving the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community.
• National Union of Jewish lgbt Students
• OrthoDykes Home Page - a home on the Internet for Orthodox Jewish lesbians
• World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews