Publications for Simcha Fishbane fishbane@touro.edu

Fishbane, S. (2000). Fools and crazies! How could they contemplate evil towards the king: The homilies of Rabbi Yechiel Halevi Epstein. In R. Margolin (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twelfth World Congress of Jewish Studies: Division B.: History of the Jewish people (pp. 241-255). Jerusalem, Israel: World Union of Jewish Studies.

Fishbane, S. (2000). Secular studies are the supplement of Torah studies –Kol Ben Levi – The homilies of Rabbi Yehiel Mechel Halevi Epstein – The first sermon. The Annual of Rabbinic Judaism: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, 3(1), 123-142. doi: 10.1163/157007000X00055

Fishbane, S. (1998). Go enjoy your acquisition- the prostitute in the Babylonian Talmud. In J. Neusner (Ed.), Approaches to Ancient Judaism-New Series, 13, 71–90. Atlanta: Scholars Press.

Fishbane, S. (1995). Back to the yeshiva: The social dynamics of an orthodox sabbath morning service.  In J. Lightstone &  F. Bird (Eds.), Ritual and ethnic identity: A comparative study of the social meaning of liturgical ritual in synagogues (pp. 123-133). Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier Press. This material can be found here.

Fishbane, S. (1995). Contemporary Bar Mitzvah rituals in modern orthodoxy. In J. Lightstone & F. Bird (Eds.), Ritual and ethnic identity: A comparative study of the social meaning of liturgical ritual in synagogues (pp. 155-167). Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier Press. This material can be found here.

Fishbane, S. (1995). Jewish morning rites: A process of resocialization.  In J. Lightstone & F. Bird (Eds.), Ritual and ethnic identity: A comparative study of the social meaning of liturgical ritual in synagogues (pp. 169-184). Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier Press. This material can be found here.

Fishbane, S. (1995). The boldness of a halakhist: Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein and modernity. In Y. Rabkin & I. Robinson (Eds.), The interaction of scientific and Jewish cultures in modern times (pp. 67-86). Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

Fishbane, S. (1993). In any case there are no sinful thoughts- the role and status of women in Jewish law as expressed in the Arukh Hashulchan. Judaism, 42(4), 492-503. This material can be found here.

Fishbane, S. (1993). Most women engage in sorcery: An analysis of sorceresses in the Babylonian Talmud. Jewish History, 7(1), 27-42.

Fishbane, S. (1993). Most women engage in sorcery. In H. W. Basser & S. Fishbane (Eds.), Approaches to ancient Judaism, 5, 143-165. Atlanta: Scholars Press. This material can be found here.

Fishbane, S. (1992). Is it a crime to be interdisciplinary: A different approach to the study of modern Jewish law. In M. Despland & G. Vallée (Eds.), Religion in history: The word, the idea, the reality (pp. 145-156). Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. This material can be found here.

Fishbane, S. (1992). Modernity and change amongst East European Jewry at the end of the 19th century. In P. B. T. Bilaniuk, & R. Pillinger ( Eds.), The divine life, light, and love: euntes in mundum universum: festschrift in honour of Petro B.T. Bilaniuk (pp. 205-217). Graz, Austria: Andreas Schnider Verlags-Atelier.

Fishbane, S., Schoenfeld, S., & Golschläger, A. (1992). The social scientific study of Judaism and Jewish society. Hoboken, NJ: Ktav.

Fishbane, S. (1991). A response to the challenge of the modern era as reflected in the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Epstein. In S. Fishbane, S. Schoenfeld, & Al Goldschläger (Eds.) The Social Scientific Study of Judaism and Jewish Society (Vol. 2). Hoboken, N.J. : Ktav Pub. House.

Fishbane, S. (1991, Spring). Towards an understanding of the methodology of Mishnah: The case of Kutim. Journal of Religion and Culture. 5, 57-78.

Fishbane, S. (1991). The ideal rabbinic society: An analysis of Sugyat Bet Knesset in Babylonian Talmud Megillah 25b-29a. Journal of the Society of Rabbis in Academia, 1(1).

Fishbane, S. (1991). The method and meaning of the Mishnah Berura. Hoboken, NJ: KTAV. This material can be found here.

Fishbane, S. (1990). Jewish mourning rites: A process of resocialization. Anthropologica, 31(1), 65-84.

Fishbane, S. (1990). Long live the tsar: Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein and the Russian government. Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies (pp. 309-316). Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies.

Fishbane, S. (1990). Structure and form in halakhic literature: A different approach to the study of modern Jewish law. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, 2(1), 72-90. doi: 10.1163/157006890X00121

Fishbane, S. (1990). The supra-legal materials in Israel Mayer Hacohen's Mishnah Berurah. In S. Fishbane, J. N. Lightstone, & Levin, V. (Eds.), The Social Scientific Study of Judaism and Jewish Society (pp. 203-214). Montréal, Québec, Canada: Concordia University.

Fishbane, S. (1988-1989, Winter). Back to the yeshiva: A social-anthropological study of a prayer service in a shtibel. Paradigms, 4(2), 134-151.

Fishbane, S. (1987). A study of rituals related to the Israelite soldier in the Torah and Mishnah. Journal of Religion and Culture, 1(1), 24-37.

Fishbane, S. (1987). Contemporary bar mitzvah rituals in modern orthodoxy. Journal of Religion and Culture, 2(1), 166-189.

Fishbane, S. (1986). Legitimizing war in Judaism.  Arc, 13(2) 36-49.