The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Helen Kim

Helen K. Kim is Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean at Whitman College. She is co-author, with Noah S. Leavitt, of JewAsian: Race, Religion, and Identity for America’s Newest Jews (University of Nebraska Press, 2016).

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Angela Buchdahl

Angela Warnick Buchdahl is the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi and cantor. She is the senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York and is a major leader in American Judaism’s continued work on diversity, equity, inclusion, and innovation.

Debra Renee Kaufman

Debra R. Kaufman has been a central voice in sociology, feminist studies, and Jewish Studies for over four decades. Her scholarship has spanned topics such as the role of women in Orthodox Judaism, post-Holocaust Jewish identity narratives, and contemporary American Jewish identity.