Tova Hartman Explained

Tova Hartman
Birth Date:1957
Occupation:Professor of gender studies
Language:Hebrew, English
Citizenship:Israeli

Tova Hartman (Hebrew: טובה הרטמן; born 1957) is the Dean of Humanities at the Ono Academic College.

Biography

Tova Hartman is the daughter of Rabbi Prof. David Hartman. She was married to Moshe Halbertal, and they have three daughters.She is a founder of Kehillat Shira Hadasha, a congregation organized to increase women's participation and leadership within traditional Jewish prayer and halakha.[1] [2] [3]

Academic career

Tova Hartman was a professor of Gender Studies and Education at Bar Ilan University,[4] specializing in gender and religion, and gender and psychology.

Literary career

She is the author of a book on Jewish and Catholic mothers, titled Appropriately Subversive, as well as a book on the crossroads of Jewish Tradition and modern feminism, titled Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Women's Studies in 2007.[5] Hartman is the author of Are You Not a Man Of God? Devotion, Betrayal and Social Criticism in Jewish Tradition. Her book “Men with Broken Hearts” published in 2022, offers insight into the lives of men dealing with separation from their partners.

Published works

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References

  1. News: Creating a space for God's presence . March 12, 2009 . Shalom Hartman Institute . Vernon Kurtz . 2010-01-19 .
  2. News: The Human Spirit: Who's afraid of Shira Hadasha? . Barbara Sofer . February 1, 2007 . .
  3. News: Feminist group marks progress, but not on the issue of agunot . . Ben Harris . February 15, 2007 .
  4. News: Where Do We Go From Here? . February 15, 2007 . Jewish Exponent . Rachel Silverman . 2007-02-20 .
  5. Web site: Past Winners. Jewish Book Council. en. 2020-01-25.

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