Judith Bleich

Judith Bleich (born 1938) is a professor of Judaic studies at Touro College in Manhattan.^[1] She specializes in the nineteenth-century development of Reform and neo-Orthodoxy in the wake of the enlightenment and emancipation, and has written extensively on modern Jewish history.^[1] She is also a member of the steering committee for the Orthodox Forum organized by Yeshiva University.^[2]

Judith Bleich
Born	Judith Ochs 1938 (age 86–87)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	New York University Stern College
Spouse	J. David Bleich ​ (m. 1961)​
Scientific career
Fields	Judaic studies
Institutions	Touro College

Biography

She was born Judith Ochs.^[3] In June 1961 she married Rabbi J. David Bleich.^[3] They have three children together.

Academic credentials

Bleich earned her bachelor's degree and Bachelor of Religious Education from Stern College. She earned her master's degree from Yeshiva University.^[4] She earned her doctorate from New York University in 1974 with her dissertation Jacob Ettlinger, His Life and Works: The Emergence of Modern Orthodoxy in Germany.^[5]

Selected bibliography

A full list of Bleich's articles appears here^{[permanent dead link]}.

Articles

• "A symposium on divided and distinguished worlds". Tradition 26,2 (1992) 4-62^[6]
• "Between East and West: modernity and traditionalism in the writings of Rabbi Yehi’el Ya’akov Weinberg". Engaging Modernity (1997) 169-273
• "The Emergence of an Orthodox Press in Nineteenth-Century Germany". Jewish Social Studies 42 3/4 (1980), 323-344^[7]
• "Liturgical innovation and spirituality: Trends and trendiness". Jewish Spirituality and Divine Law (2005) 315-405^[6]
• "Rabbi Akiva Eger and the Nascent Reform Movement", in Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies 9.B3 (1986)^[8]
• "Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch: Ish al Ha’edah". Jewish Action 56.4: 28
• "Rabbinic responses to nonobservance in the modern era". Jewish Tradition and the Non-Traditional Jew (1992) 37-115^[6]
• "The Testament of a Halakhist". Tradition 20.3 (1982)

Book chapters

• "The Circumcision Controversy in Classical Reform in Historical Context" in Turim: Studies in Jewish history and literature presented to Dr. Bernard Lander (Volume 1) (2007).^[9]
• "Greater Resources, Greater Accountability" in The Ethical Imperative: Torah perspectives on ethics and values (2000)^[10]
• "Military service: Ambivalence and contradiction" in War and Peace in the Jewish Tradition (2007), 415-476^[11]