Orit Avishai. Forthcoming, 2009. “Premarital Preparation as a School for Marriage: Religion, Gender, and the State in Israel.”  In Religion, Gender, Politics, edited by Hanna Herzog.  Jerusalem: Van Leer. (In Hebrew).

Orit Avishai. Forthcoming, 2009. “Breast-feeding.” Entry in the Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. Sage Publications.

Orit Avishai. 2008. “Doing Religion in a Secular World: Women in Conservative Religions and the Question of Agency.” Gender and Society 22(4):409-433.

Orit Avishai. 2008. “Halakhic Niddah Consultants and the Orthodox Women’s Movement: Evaluating the Story of Enlightened Progress.” Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 7(2):195-216. 

Orit Avishai. 2007. “Managing the Lactating Body: The Breast-Feeding Project and Privileged Motherhood.” Qualitative Sociology 30(2):135-152.

Orit Avishai. 2007. “Imagining ‘the Orthodox’ in Emuna Elon’s Heaven Rejoices: Voyeuristic, Reformist, and Pedagogical Orthodox Artistic Expression.” Israel Studies 12(2):48-73.

Orit Avishai. 2004. “At the Pump: Lactating Bodies at Work.” Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering 6(2):138-149.

Work in Progress

“Secularism, Secularization, and Religious Change: Notes on an Interdisciplinary Dialogue.”  Article in preparation.

“Religious Change in the Name of Tradition: Lessons from the Orthodox ‘Marriage Industry’ in Israel.”  Article in preparation.

Politics of Purity: Menstrual Defilement and the Negotiation of Modern Jewish Femininities.  Book manuscript in preparation.

Holy Unions: Faith Based Marriage Education and the Remaking of American Religious Traditions.  New research project.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

Sociology of Gender