Judith Bleich Explained
Judith Bleich (born 1938) is a professor of Judaic studies at Touro College in Manhattan.[1] She specializes in the nineteenth-century development of Reform and neo-Orthodoxy in the wake of the enlightenment and emancipation, and has written extensively on modern Jewish history. She is also a member of the steering committee for the Orthodox Forum organized by Yeshiva University.[2]
Biography
She was born Judith Ochs. In June 1961 she married Rabbi J. David Bleich.[3] They have three children together.
Academic credentials
Bleich earned her bachelor's degree and Bachelor of Religious Education from Stern College. She earned her master's degree from Yeshiva University.[4] She earned her doctorate from New York University in 1974 with her dissertation Jacob Ettlinger, His Life and Works: The Emergence of Modern Orthodoxy in Germany.[5]
Selected bibliography
A full list of Bleich's articles appears here.
Articles
- "A symposium on divided and distinguished worlds". Tradition 26,2 (1992) 4-62[6]
- "Between East and West: modernity and traditionalism in the writings of Rabbi Yehi’el Ya’akov Weinberg". Engaging Modernity (1997) 169-273
- "The Emergence of an Orthodox Press in Nineteenth-Century Germany". Jewish Social Studies 42 3/4 (1980), 323-344[7]
- "Liturgical innovation and spirituality: Trends and trendiness". Jewish Spirituality and Divine Law (2005) 315-405
- "Rabbi Akiva Eger and the Nascent Reform Movement", in Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies 9.B3 (1986)[8]
- "Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch: Ish al Ha’edah". Jewish Action 56.4: 28
- "Rabbinic responses to nonobservance in the modern era". Jewish Tradition and the Non-Traditional Jew (1992) 37-115
- "The Testament of a Halakhist". Tradition 20.3 (1982)
Book chapters
- "The Circumcision Controversy in Classical Reform in Historical Context" in Turim: Studies in Jewish history and literature presented to Dr. Bernard Lander (Volume 1) (2007).[9]
- "Greater Resources, Greater Accountability" in The Ethical Imperative: Torah perspectives on ethics and values (2000)[10]
- "Military service: Ambivalence and contradiction" in War and Peace in the Jewish Tradition (2007), 415-476[11]
Notes and References
- Web site: Ish Yehudi: The Life and the Legacy of a Torah Great, Rav Joseph Tzvi Carlebach . Bleich . Judith . 2008 . Jewish Action . 5 January 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20100327201526/http://www.ou.org/index.php/jewish_action/article/67030/ . 27 March 2010 .
- Web site: An Interview with Rabbi Robert Hirt . Ziring . Jonathan . 22 October 2010 . 5 January 2011 . Kol Hamevaser.
- Web site: Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series . https://web.archive.org/web/20110704221544/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3231900025.html . dead . 4 July 2011 . 1 January 2009 . 5 January 2011 . highbeam.com.
- Web site: Touro College 2005-2007 Bulletin . Touro College . 207 . 5 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528054342/https://www.touro.edu/las/bulletin/LASBulletin2005-2007.pdf . 28 May 2010 .
- 48 (note 48) . Attitudes Toward a Resumption of Sacrificial Worship in the Nineteenth Century . Myers . Jody . February 1987 . Modern Judaism . 7 . 1. Oxford University Press . 10.1093/mj/7.1.29 .
- Web site: Dr. Judith Bleich . 3 December 2004 . 5 January 2011 . Touro College.
- 4467098 . The Emergence of an Orthodox Press in Nineteenth-Century Germany . Bleich . Judith . Indiana University Press . Jewish Social Studies . 42 . 3/4 . Summer–Autumn 1980 . 323–344.
- Web site: Eger, Akiva ben Mosheh — Suggested Reading . Ferziger . Adam S. . 2010 . YIVO Institute for Jewish Research . 5 January 2011.
- Book: Shmidman, Michael A. . Turim: Studies in Jewish history and literature presented to Dr. Bernard Lander . Touro College Press . 9780881259599 . 1–28.
- Book: Wolpin, Nisson. The Ethical Imperative: Torah perspectives on ethics and values . 2000 . Mesorah Publications Ltd.. 1-57819-508-X.
- Book: War and Peace in the Jewish Tradition . Schiffman . Lawrence . Wolowelsky . Joel B. . 2007 . Yeshiva University Press . 0-88125-945-4.
