Jewish Women in the Cairo Genizah (Jewish Women’s Archive)
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Jewish Women in the Cairo Genizah
Historian Renée Levine Melammed draws on letters, wills, court records, and marriage contracts from the Cairo Genizah to show how Jewish women in medieval Egypt worked, learned, and shaped the lives of their families and communities.
By Renée Levine Melammed, Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Jewish Women's Archive. Opens in a new tab.
