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'''Dora Askowith''' (August 30, 1884 - October 23, 1958) was a Lithuanian-born American college professor, author and historian. She was director of the Women’s Organization for the [[American Jewish Congress]]. |
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'''Dora Askowith''' (August 30, 1884 – 1958) was a college professor, author and historian.<ref name="JWA">{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/askowith-dora |title=Dora Askowith | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-03}}</ref> |
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== Life == |
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Askowith was born in Kovno, Russia, to Jacob Baruch and Sarah Golde (née Arenovski) Askowith. The family emigrated to the United States not long after her birth and she spent her early years in the Boston area. |
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Askowith received her primary education at [[Winthrop Public Schools (Massachusetts)|Winthrop School]], in [[Roxbury, Boston]] and attended high school at [[Girls' High School (Boston, Massachusetts)|Girls' High School]].<ref>"Young Roxbury woman awarded PhD degree". ''The Boston Globe''. Saturday, June 05, 1915. Page 7.</ref> She was born in [[Kaunas|Kovno]]. She graduated from [[Barnard College]] and [[Columbia University]]. From 1912 to 1957, she taught at [[Hunter College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/askowith-dora|title=Dora Askowith |publisher= Jewish Women's Archive|website=jwa.org|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> |
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For a short period in the 1920s, Askowith studied at Rabbinical school, although ordination was denied to female students.<ref>Nadell, P. S. (2003). American Jewish Women's History: A Reader. pp. 177-181.</ref> |
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In 1908 she earned a B.A. from Barnard College. In 1909 she earned an M.A. and in 1915 a PhD, both from Columbia University.<ref name="JWA" /> Her doctoral dissertation was published as the book ''The Toleration and Persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire: Part I: The Toleration of the Jews Under Julius Caesar and Augustus'' in 1915.<ref name="JWA" /><ref name="Amazon">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dora%20askowith |title=dora askowith: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-03}}</ref> Askowith also studied at the Jewish Institute of Religion (now the [[Hebrew Union College]]-Jewish Institute of Religion) in the 1920s, though she did not complete the rabbinical program.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SH8r3ntJG8AC&pg=PA131 |title=Gender and Judaism: The Transformation of Tradition |publisher=NYU Press |year= 1995}}</ref><ref name="Books">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPILfbtT5tQC&pg=PA961 |title=Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2006}}</ref> She later wrote, "I took the work at the Institute because of my deep interest in Judaica and Hebraica rather than because I sought to enter the ministry though I hoped to open the road for women who might be desirous of being ordained."<ref name="Books" /> She believed that nothing in Judaism meant women could not be rabbis, as she had found in doing research for her student sermon, "The Woman in the Rabbinate".<ref name="Google">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ntk5Sso-E8C&pg=PA249 |title=Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination 1889–1985|author=Pamela S. Nadell|publisher=Beacon Press |year= 1999}}</ref> In 1948 she asked [[Stephen Wise]] and [[Nelson Glueck]], presidents of the Jewish Institute of Religion and Hebrew Union College respectively, if women could be ordained once their two schools merged, as they were then planning to do. She also wrote in the magazine ''Judaism'' on the matter.<ref name="Google" /> |
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In 1891, her father, Jacob Baruch, and brother, Charles, designed one of the early versions of the [[Flag of Israel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/from-the-american-scene-bostons-jewish-community-earlier-days/ |title=From the American Scene: Boston's Jewish Community: Earlier Days |first=Charles |last=Reznikoff |work=[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]] |date=May 1953 |access-date=3 November 2017 }}</ref><ref>"New State of Israel flag was designed in Boston". ''The Boston Globe''. 18 May 1948, Tue · Pages 1-2.</ref> |
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She taught various courses at [[Hunter College]] from 1912 until 1957.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ntk5Sso-E8C&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249 |title=Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination 1889-1985|author=Pamela S. Nadell|publisher=Beacon Press |year= 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEj0oLYK10sC&pg=PA81 |title=Jewish Women in America: A-L}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ntk5Sso-E8C&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249 |title=Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination 1889–1985|author=Pamela S. Nadell|publisher=Beacon Press |year= 1999}}</ref> |
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== Publications == |
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Askowith also helped found the Women’s Organization for the [[American Jewish Congress]], and was its first national director.<ref name="JWA" /> |
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Her father, Jacob Baruch Askowith, is credited with developing the antecedent of the modern [[Flag of Israel]].<ref>http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-israel-can-trace-its-flags-roots-to-boston-1891/</ref> |
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* Askowith, D. (1927). “Prolegomena: Legal Fictions or Evasions of the Law.” In ''Jewish Studies in Memory of Israel Abrahams''. New York: Jewish Institute of Religion. |
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* Askowith, D. (1930). “The Life and Work of Luigi Luzzatti.” In Luzzatti, L. (Ed.) ''God in Freedom: Studies in the Relations Between Church and State''. New York: Macmillan. |
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=== Journal articles === |
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* Askowith, D. (1944). The first Zionist flag. ''Jewish Social Studies'', 55-57. |
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* Askowith, D. (1947). Ezekiel and St. Augustine: A comparative study. ''Journal of the American Academy of Religion'', ''15''(4), 224-227. |
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* Askowith, D. (1956). The role of women in the field of higher Jewish education. ''Judaism'', ''5''(2), 169. |
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*''Jewish Studies in Memory of Israel Abrahams'' [Askowith only wrote the chapter “Prolegomena: Legal Fictions or Evasions of the Law”] (1927) |
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*''God in Freedom: Studies in the Relations Between Church and State'' [Askowith only wrote the chapter "The Life and Work of Luigi Luzzatti"] (1930) |
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*''The Purchase of Louisiana'' (1953)<ref name="JWA" /><ref name="Amazon" /> |
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*''The purchase of Louisiana'' (1953) (unknown) |
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== External links == |
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* Jenna Weissman Joselit, [https://forward.com/culture/318496/wonders-of-america-flags-of-our-forefathers/ A Tale of Two Flags, Confederate and Zionist], ''Forward,'' August 8, 2015 |
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Latest revision as of 18:59, 1 December 2023
Dora Askowith (August 30, 1884 - October 23, 1958) was a Lithuanian-born American college professor, author and historian. She was director of the Women’s Organization for the American Jewish Congress.
Life
Askowith received her primary education at Winthrop School, in Roxbury, Boston and attended high school at Girls' High School.[1] She was born in Kovno. She graduated from Barnard College and Columbia University. From 1912 to 1957, she taught at Hunter College.[2]
For a short period in the 1920s, Askowith studied at Rabbinical school, although ordination was denied to female students.[3]
In 1891, her father, Jacob Baruch, and brother, Charles, designed one of the early versions of the Flag of Israel.[4][5]
Publications
Books
- The Toleration of the Jews in the Roman Empire. Part I. The Toleration of the Jews Under Julius Caesar and Augustus (1915) — Published by Columbia University
- Three Outstanding Women: Mary Fels, Rebekah Kohut, Annie Nathan Meyer (1941)
Book chapters
- Askowith, D. (1927). “Prolegomena: Legal Fictions or Evasions of the Law.” In Jewish Studies in Memory of Israel Abrahams. New York: Jewish Institute of Religion.
- Askowith, D. (1930). “The Life and Work of Luigi Luzzatti.” In Luzzatti, L. (Ed.) God in Freedom: Studies in the Relations Between Church and State. New York: Macmillan.
Journal articles
- Askowith, D. (1944). The first Zionist flag. Jewish Social Studies, 55-57.
- Askowith, D. (1947). Ezekiel and St. Augustine: A comparative study. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 15(4), 224-227.
- Askowith, D. (1956). The role of women in the field of higher Jewish education. Judaism, 5(2), 169.
Other
- A Call to the Jewish Women of America (c. 1917) (pamphlet)
- The purchase of Louisiana (1953) (unknown)
References
- ^ "Young Roxbury woman awarded PhD degree". The Boston Globe. Saturday, June 05, 1915. Page 7.
- ^ "Dora Askowith". jwa.org. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ Nadell, P. S. (2003). American Jewish Women's History: A Reader. pp. 177-181.
- ^ Reznikoff, Charles (May 1953). "From the American Scene: Boston's Jewish Community: Earlier Days". Commentary. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "New State of Israel flag was designed in Boston". The Boston Globe. 18 May 1948, Tue · Pages 1-2.
External links
- Jenna Weissman Joselit, A Tale of Two Flags, Confederate and Zionist, Forward, August 8, 2015