Sylvia Barack Fishman
American feminist sociologist and author
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Sylvia Barack Fishman (born December 28, 1942) is an American feminist sociologist and author.[1] She is the Joseph and Esther Foster Professor of Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, co-director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, and a board member of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.[2] She writes about Jewish life in America.[3][4]
Books
- The Way into the Varieties of Jewishness (Jewish Lights, 2008)
- Double or Nothing?" Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage (Brandeis, 2004)
- Jewish Life and American Culture (SUNY Press, 2000)
- A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life, 1995)
- Relatively speaking: Constructing identity in Jewish and mixed married families (David W. Belin lecture in American Jewish affairs, 2002)
Awards and honors
- Marshall Sklare Award of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, 2014 (2014)
- Vice President Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (2008 - 2011)
- Marver and Sheva Bernstein Faculty Fellowship (1995 - 1996)
- National Jewish Book Award Honor Book, contemporary Jewish life category (A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community) (1994)
- Samuel Belkin Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, Yeshiva University (1991)
- Danforth Graduate Fellowship for Women (1974 - 1978)