Born in Tel Aviv, ESTHER FUCHS is Professor of Hebrew Literature at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her many previous books include Israeli Women’s Studies and Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative.

• PrefaceIntroduction. Israeli Feminist Scholarship: Gender, Zionism, and DifferenceEsther FuchsChapter One. The Evolution of Critical Paradigms in Israeli Feminist Scholarship: A Theoretical ModelEsther FuchsChapter Two. Politicizing Masculinities: Shahada and HaganahSheila H. KatzChapter Three. The Double or Multiple Image of the New Hebrew WomanMargalit ShiloChapter Four. The Heroism of Hannah Senesz: An Exercise in Creating Collective National Memory in the State of IsraelJudith T. BaumelChapter Five. The Feminisation of Stigma in the Relationship Between Israelis and Shoah SurvivorsRonit LentinChapter Six. Gendering Military Service in the Israel Defense ForcesDafna N. IzraeliChapter Seven. The Halachic Trap: Marriage and Family LifeRuth Halperin-KaddariChapter Eight. Motherhood as a National Mission: The Construction of Womanhood in the Legal Discourse in IsraelNitza BerkovitchChapter Nine. No Home at Home: Women’s Fiction vs. Zionist PracticeYaffah BerlovitzChapter Ten. Wasteland Revisited: An Ecofeminist StrategyHannah NavehChapter Eleven. Tensions in Israeli Feminism: The MizrahiAshkenazi RiftHenriette Dahan-KalevChapter Twelve. Scholarship, Identity, and Power: Mizrahi Women in IsraelPnina Motzafi-HallerChapter Thirteen. Reexamining Femicide: Breaking the Silence and Crossing “Scientific” BordersNadera Shalhoub-KevorkianChapter Fourteen. The Construction of Lesbianism as Nonissue in IsraelErella ShadmiChapter Fifteen. From Gender to Genders: Feminists Read Women’s Locations in Israeli SocietyHanna HerzogAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

Born in Tel Aviv, ESTHER FUCHS is Professor of Hebrew Literature at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her many previous books include Israeli Women’s Studies and Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative.

• PrefaceIntroduction. Israeli Feminist Scholarship: Gender, Zionism, and DifferenceEsther FuchsChapter One. The Evolution of Critical Paradigms in Israeli Feminist Scholarship: A Theoretical ModelEsther FuchsChapter Two. Politicizing Masculinities: Shahada and HaganahSheila H. KatzChapter Three. The Double or Multiple Image of the New Hebrew WomanMargalit ShiloChapter Four. The Heroism of Hannah Senesz: An Exercise in Creating Collective National Memory in the State of IsraelJudith T. BaumelChapter Five. The Feminisation of Stigma in the Relationship Between Israelis and Shoah SurvivorsRonit LentinChapter Six. Gendering Military Service in the Israel Defense ForcesDafna N. IzraeliChapter Seven. The Halachic Trap: Marriage and Family LifeRuth Halperin-KaddariChapter Eight. Motherhood as a National Mission: The Construction of Womanhood in the Legal Discourse in IsraelNitza BerkovitchChapter Nine. No Home at Home: Women’s Fiction vs. Zionist PracticeYaffah BerlovitzChapter Ten. Wasteland Revisited: An Ecofeminist StrategyHannah NavehChapter Eleven. Tensions in Israeli Feminism: The MizrahiAshkenazi RiftHenriette Dahan-KalevChapter Twelve. Scholarship, Identity, and Power: Mizrahi Women in IsraelPnina Motzafi-HallerChapter Thirteen. Reexamining Femicide: Breaking the Silence and Crossing “Scientific” BordersNadera Shalhoub-KevorkianChapter Fourteen. The Construction of Lesbianism as Nonissue in IsraelErella ShadmiChapter Fifteen. From Gender to Genders: Feminists Read Women’s Locations in Israeli SocietyHanna HerzogAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

Born in Tel Aviv, ESTHER FUCHS is Professor of Hebrew Literature at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her many previous books include Israeli Women’s Studies and Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative.

• PrefaceIntroduction. Israeli Feminist Scholarship: Gender, Zionism, and DifferenceEsther FuchsChapter One. The Evolution of Critical Paradigms in Israeli Feminist Scholarship: A Theoretical ModelEsther FuchsChapter Two. Politicizing Masculinities: Shahada and HaganahSheila H. KatzChapter Three. The Double or Multiple Image of the New Hebrew WomanMargalit ShiloChapter Four. The Heroism of Hannah Senesz: An Exercise in Creating Collective National Memory in the State of IsraelJudith T. BaumelChapter Five. The Feminisation of Stigma in the Relationship Between Israelis and Shoah SurvivorsRonit LentinChapter Six. Gendering Military Service in the Israel Defense ForcesDafna N. IzraeliChapter Seven. The Halachic Trap: Marriage and Family LifeRuth Halperin-KaddariChapter Eight. Motherhood as a National Mission: The Construction of Womanhood in the Legal Discourse in IsraelNitza BerkovitchChapter Nine. No Home at Home: Women’s Fiction vs. Zionist PracticeYaffah BerlovitzChapter Ten. Wasteland Revisited: An Ecofeminist StrategyHannah NavehChapter Eleven. Tensions in Israeli Feminism: The MizrahiAshkenazi RiftHenriette Dahan-KalevChapter Twelve. Scholarship, Identity, and Power: Mizrahi Women in IsraelPnina Motzafi-HallerChapter Thirteen. Reexamining Femicide: Breaking the Silence and Crossing “Scientific” BordersNadera Shalhoub-KevorkianChapter Fourteen. The Construction of Lesbianism as Nonissue in IsraelErella ShadmiChapter Fifteen. From Gender to Genders: Feminists Read Women’s Locations in Israeli SocietyHanna HerzogAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex