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Directory of Judaica online resources: Gender, sexuality, & women's studies

Gender, sexuality & women's studies & issues

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 - ) 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