Blu Greenberg - Biography

Blu Greenberg (born 1936 in Seattle ) is an American writer specializing in Modern Judaism and women's issues. She is the author of On Women and Judaism: A View from Tradition (1981) and Black Bread: Poems, After the Holocaust (1994).

Greenberg is active in the movement to bridge Judaism and feminism. In 1997 and 1998, she chaired the first and second International Conference on Feminism, and is co-founder and first president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. She has also tried to build bridges between women of different faiths by helping to set up "Women of Faith," and by her involvement in the "Dialogue Project," which seeks to unite Jewish and Palestinian women. She lectures widely at universities and to Jewish communities in the United States and elsewhere.

She received the Woman Who Made A Difference award on January 26, 2000 from the American Jewish Congress Commission for Women's Equality during a ceremony at the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem.

Greenberg has an MA in clinical psychology from the City University of New York, and an MS in Jewish history from Yeshiva University. She is married to Irving Greenberg, who is also a well-known author and professor.

Publications

• (2000) Orthodox Feminism and the Next Century. Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility. Vol.30/no.568.
• (1998) King Solomon and Queen of Sheba. Pitspopany Press; Book & Toy edition: ISBN 0-943706-76-9
• (1994) Black Bread: Poems, After the Holocaust. Ktav Publishing House. ISBN 0-88125-490-8
• (1985) How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household. Fireside. ISBN 0-671-60270-5
• (1981) On Women and Judaism: A View from Tradition. Jewish Publication Society of America. ISBN 0-8276-0226-X
• "Will There Be Women Rabbis?". Judaism 33.1 (Winter 1984): 23-33.
• "Is Now the Time for Orthodox Women Rabbis?". Moment Dec. 1992: 50-53, 74.
• (1974) Abortion--We Need Halachic Creativity. Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility. Vol.5/no.81.

See also

• Jewish feminism
• Role of women in Judaism
• Jewish Feminist Alliance
• Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
• Ms. magazine rejects AJC ad honoring three Israeli women

External links

• Greenberg profile, Belief.net
• Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution from the Jewish Women's Archive

Further reading

• "Orthodox, Feminist, and Proud of it", Belief.net, undated, retrieved January 27, 2006
• Articles by Blu Greenberg on the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner
• Website of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance