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Ross makes a vital contribution to philosophical questions around gender in Judaism by arguing that feminism is not external to Torah but rather integral to it. She argues for the concept of evolving revelation, that is, that people learn more as history evolves and societies develop and mature, and
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Ross has published widely on many topics relating to Jewish thought and the philosophy of halakha and was selected by the Israeli government as torchbearer in the Independence Day ceremony of 2013 for her contribution to women's learning.
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Ephraim Chamiel, Between Religion and Reason - The Dialectic Position in Contemporary Jewish Thought, Academic Studies Press, Boston 2020, part I, pp. 159-167.
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movement and the ideology of Mitnaggedism, and Judaism and gender. She is the author of books and articles on Jewish
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Yoel Finkelman, "A Critique of Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism by Tamar Ross".
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Guarding the Treasure. Review of Tamar Ross, Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism
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Daniel Reifman, "Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism (review)"
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Professor Ross Page at Bar Ilan University, Philosophy Department Faculty
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The Quest for Halakha: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Jewish Law
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Orthodox Israeli Feminists Meet Our American Cousins by Tamar Ross
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Her areas of scholarly expertise include the thought of
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Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism
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Hazon Nahum: Jubilee Volume in Honor of Norman Lamm
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