Judith Bleich

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.[1] She is also a member of the steering committee for the Orthodox Forum organized by Yeshiva University.[2]

Judith Bleich
Born
Judith Ochs

1938 (age 81–82)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University
Stern College
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1961)
Scientific career
FieldsJudaic studies
InstitutionsTouro College

Biography

She was born Judith Ochs.[3] 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[6]
  • "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[6]
  • "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 contradition" in War and Peace in the Jewish Tradition (2007), 415-476[11]
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References
  1. Bleich, Judith (2008). "Ish Yehudi: The Life and the Legacy of a Torah Great, Rav Joseph Tzvi Carlebach". Jewish Action. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. Ziring, Jonathan (22 October 2010). "An Interview with Rabbi Robert Hirt". Kol Hamevaser. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. "Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series". highbeam.com. 1 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  4. "Touro College 2005-2007 Bulletin" (PDF). Touro College. p. 207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  5. Myers, Jody (February 1987). "Attitudes Toward a Resumption of Sacrificial Worship in the Nineteenth Century". Modern Judaism. Oxford University Press. 7 (1): 48 (note 48). doi:10.1093/mj/7.1.29.
  6. "Dr. Judith Bleich". Touro College. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  7. Bleich, Judith (Summer–Autumn 1980). "The Emergence of an Orthodox Press in Nineteenth-Century Germany". Jewish Social Studies. Indiana University Press. 42 (3/4): 323–344. JSTOR 4467098.
  8. Ferziger, Adam S. (2010). "Eger, Akiva ben Mosheh — Suggested Reading". YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  9. Shmidman, Michael A. Turim: Studies in Jewish history and literature presented to Dr. Bernard Lander. Touro College Press. pp. 1–28. ISBN 9780881259599.
  10. Wolpin, Nisson (2000). The Ethical Imperative: Torah perspectives on ethics and values. Mesorah Publications Ltd. ISBN 1-57819-508-X.
  11. Schiffman, Lawrence; Wolowelsky, Joel B. (2007). War and Peace in the Jewish Tradition. Yeshiva University Press. ISBN 0-88125-945-4.
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