5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Ruth Waxman graduated from the University of Chicago, from which she also received a doctorate in comparative literature.
5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Ruth Waxman graduated from the University of Chicago, from which she also received a doctorate in comparative literature.
Ruth Bilgray Waxman was born on February 22, 1916 in Jaffa, Palestine (now Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel). Her parents were Chaim Bilgray и Bertha Bilgray.
Ruth was brought as a child to the United States, where her family settled in Chicago. She had also a brother, Rabbi Albert Bilgray.
Ruth Waxman graduated from the University of Chicago, from which she also received a doctorate in comparative literature.
Ruth Waxman taught literature at the University of Chicago and at Adelphi University, at the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University. Waxman lectured throughout her career on the role of women in the Jewish faith, literature and American society.
Moving to journalism in 1970, Waxman also edited "Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought", published by the American Jewish Congress, from 1972 to 1994. In 1973, she co-edited with Robert Gordis the book "Faith and Reason".
Most recently, she taught at the State University at Stony Brook, Long Island, and at Queens College.
Ruth Waxman was an early advocate of women's rights in Conservative Judaism.
Waxman was the wife of Rabbi Mordecai Waxman of Temple Israel in Great Neck. The couple had three sons: Rabbi Jonothan Waxman, David Waxman and Hillel Waxman.
