Minorities within Minorities edited by Avigail Eisenberg.
The first text of its kind in almost two decades, Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality presents wide-ranging and carefully organized recent essays on Jewish ethical theory and practice. Serving as an introduction to Jewish ethics, it acquaints the student with the distinctive methodological issues involved and offers a sampling of Jewish positions on contemporary moral problems. The book.
Encyclopedia covering the history of Jewish women. Includes thematic essays (e.g., abortion, Hadassah) as well as biographical entries. Perdita Manuscripts. Full-Text. Coverage: 1545-1752. Digital facsimiles of manuscripts by early modern women writers from the UK and Ireland, covering topics ranging from daily life to religion to biography and more. SocINDEX with Full Text. Index. Coverage.
The Review and Background. A major independent review examining the application of Sharia councils in England and Wales has been published.The review was chaired by Professor Mona Siddiqui OBE and advised by two Imams.It was launched by the UK government in 2016 to examine concerns Sharia law was being applied in a manner incompatible with UK law, and in particular, whether it was facilitating.
Book synopsis: In A Time to Speak Out, a collection of strong Jewish voices come together to explore some of the most challenging issues facing diaspora Jews. With articles on such topics as international law, the Holocaust, varieties of Zionism, self-hatred, the multiplicity of Jewish identities, and human rights, these essays provide powerful evidence of the vitality of independent Jewish.
In Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls, Ruth Abbey collects eight essays responding to the work of John Rawls from a feminist perspective. An impressive introduction by the editor provides a chronological overview of English-language feminist engagements with Rawls from his Theory of Justice onward. Abbey surveys the range of issues canvassed by feminist readers of Rawls, as well as critics.
Breaking Gender Stereotypes. a Young Girl Reminds Women and Girls of Their Rights. Lisar Morina. Lisar Morina. 06 November 2018. Being a girl in Kosovo’s patriarchal society is not easy. Gender stereotypes and gender-based discrimination are omnipresent, and women in Kosovo are often deprived of basic rights they should otherwise be entitled to. Rina’s journey started when she co.
The surge in divisive and far-right politics and growing Islamophobia in Britain pose new challenges for Muslim advocacy organisations. British Muslim activism has taken centre stage in the public sphere as a result. Yet for over fifty years Muslim advocacy groups have worked to preserve religious identity, lobby the state and provide concerted responses to the political establishment.This is.