Sarah Imhoff and Susannah Heschel co-authored a new book,The Woman Question in Jewish Studies, which examines the place of women and nonbinary people in Jewish studies, arguing that, for both intellectual and ethical reasons, the culture of the field must change. These two scholars explored quantitative data regarding women as editors of and contributors to academic journals and anthologies and examined data regarding citations of women’s scholarship. They analyzed the wider context of the contemporary academy and traced the history of the field, its connections to traditional religious studies, and its growth in US institutions, interspersing this with stories of scholars in the field who have experienced harassment and gender discrimination. And they made suggestions on how to move forward.
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