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Rachel Adler, Ph.D.

Professor of Jewish Religious Thought and Feminist Studies
Dr. Adler is Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Judaism and Gender at the School of Religion, University of Southern California and the Rabbinical School at the Los Angeles campus, the first joint appointment between these two institutions. Dr. Adler was one of the first theologians to integrate feminist perspectives and concerns into the interpretation of Jewish texts and the renewal of Jewish law and ethics. She is the author of many articles that have appeared in Blackwell's Companion to Feminist Philosophy, Beginning Anew: A Woman's Companion to the High Holy Days, Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought, Lifecycles, The Jewish Condition, and On Being a Jewish Feminist.
Areas of Expertise
- Jewish Feminist Theology and Ethics
- Judaism and Gender
- Feminist Theology
- Modern Jewish thought
- Women, Religion, and sexuality
- Theologies of pain, suffering, and loss
Education
- Ph.D., University of Southern California (1997)
Publications
- Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethics, England: Jewish Publication Society, 1998
In the News
Electronic Publications
Lecture Titles
- Text of Horror: Feminist Readings of Biblical Texts
- Pour Out Your Heart Like Water: Lament as a Way of Talking to God
- Everything is Broken: The Mystery of Suffering
- The Fountains of Great Tehom: The Upside and Downside of Chaos
- Is Feminism a Fifth Denomination of Judaism?
- Why I Hate Ecclesiastes (And Keep on Reading Him)
- On Those Who Hide Their Faces: The Biblical "Leper" (Metzorah) and the Dementia Patient
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