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Single women within the Orthodox community can face a special set of issues and concerns. How can Orthodox communities better understand the challenges facing single women of all ages, whether a person has never married, is divorced, or is widowed, and how can the community provide more reliable and visible sources of communal support?
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Bartov, Hagit
"The Challenge of Unmarried Women: Does Defining Them as a Problem Meet a Social Need," Bartov, Hagit. Edah Journal, 4:2, 2004, 6-12.
Synopsis: This article argues for the need of traditional Jewish community to rethink the ways it regards the status of single women, understanding that for many singleness is not a temporary condition. This recognition has implications for both ritual and the traditional social structure of the observant Jewish community.
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Jaye, Devora
"Life As a Happy Single Person," Jaye, Devora. Jewish Action, Spring 2008, 62-63.
Synopsis: In this upbeat article, Devora Jaye tells the reader that you can be single and still live a happy, full life.
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Katz, Joan Sadinoff and Bulow, Shoshana
"Non-Nuclear Families in a Traditional World," Katz, Joan Sadinoff and Bulow, Shoshana. JOFA 5th International Conference, 2004.
Synopsis: One woman's story of her experiences with the reactions of the Orthodox community to non-nuclear family arrangements such as single parents.
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"Orthodox Caucus Portal about Singles".
Synopsis: Articles by a range of authors, including singles, parents of singles, former singles, rabbis and mental health professionals about being single and Orthodox.
www.ocweb.org/index.php/singles/
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Brown, Erica
"Single Women, Kedusha and the Sexual Struggle," Brown, Erica. JOFA 2nd International Conference. 1998.
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Dallek, Nancy
"You're Single, You're Happy, Now Change," Dallek, Nancy. JOFA 5th International Conference. 2004.
Synopsis: This session explores how gender disctinctions in the modern Orthodox community affect the way single people date, think about marriage and relate to sex and sexuality.
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Kasir, Suri and Deborah Mark
"Single Women: Issues in the Community," Kasir, Suri and Deborah Mark. JOFA 2nd International Conference. 1998.
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Kohl, Chaye and Naomi Feder
"Single Again: Widowed and Divorced Women in the Jewish Community," Kohl, Chaye and Naomi Feder. JOFA 3rd International Conference. 2000.
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Mark, Debbie
"Opportunities and Challenges for Single Feminists in Their 40's and Over," Mark, Debbie. JOFA One Day Conference, New York. May 2001.
Synopsis: This session will address the challenges and opportunities facing single Jewish women in midlife as they fashion a meaningful place in the Orthodox community.
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Tessler, Aviva, Susan Marks, Lisa Beltz
"The Place of the Single and Newly Single Woman in Orthodoxy," Tessler, Aviva, Susan Marks, Lisa Beltz. JOFA Washington DC Conference. 2002.
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Aiken, Lisa
Guide for the Romantically Perplexed. Aiken, Lisa. Pitspopany Press, September 2004.
Synopsis: A step-by-step guide for singles and married couples that describes how to find a mate and keep that mate for life.
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Blau, Rivkah, ed.
Gender Relationships in Marriage and Out. Blau, Rivkah, ed.. Ktav, 2007.
Synopsis: This book, which focuses on issues of marriage, sexuality, and relationships, is comprised of 12 essays that originated as papers delivered during the Orthodox Forum in New York City in 2005. The essays can be divided into three categories. The second group of articles is relevant to this category on the JOFA website and addresses the phenomenon of the growing number of Jewish singles and the later ages at which Jewish men and women marry, with essays by Daniel Rothenberg, Sylvia Barack Fishman, Shmuel Goldin, and Koby Frances and Jennie Rosenfeld.
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