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Sylvia Barack Fishman

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Sylvia Barack Fishman (born December 28, 1942) is an American feminist sociologist and author.[1] She is the Joseph and Esther Foster Professor of Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, Co-Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, and a board member of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.[2] She writes about Jewish life in America.[3][4]

Books

  • The Way into the Varieties of Jewishness (Jewish Lights, 2008)
  • Double or Nothing?" Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage (Brandeis, 2004)
  • Jewish Life and American Culture (SUNY Press, 2000)
  • A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life, 1995)
  • Relatively speaking: Constructing identity in Jewish and mixed married families (David W. Belin lecture in American Jewish affairs, 2002)

Awards and honors

  • Marshall Sklare Award of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, 2014 (2014)
  • Vice President Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (2008 - 2011)
  • Marver and Sheva Bernstein Faculty Fellowship (1995 - 1996)
  • National Jewish Book Award Honor Book, contemporary Jewish life category (A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community) (1994)
  • Samuel Belkin Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, Yeshiva University (1991)
  • Danforth Graduate Fellowship for Women (1974 - 1978)

References

  1. ^ "Modern Orthodoxy: A model for the great American Jewish dream?". Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  2. ^ "Sylvia Barack Fishman". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  3. ^ Shevitz, Amy Hill (2004). "Jewish Life in Small-Town America: A History (review)". American Jewish History. 92 (3): 396–399. doi:10.1353/ajh.2006.0036. ISSN 1086-3141.
  4. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: DOUBLE OR NOTHING?: Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage by Sylvia Barack Fishman, Author . Brandeis Univ. $29.95 (220p) ISBN 978-1-58465-206-9". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.