Abstract
This chapter analyzes the impact of the second wave of feminism on American Judaism and Jewish life. In the United States, women's activism revitalized Jewish connections within the lives of Jewish women and men. At the same time, in Israel women were in the process of confronting the status quo, posing critical challenges in areas that profoundly affected the lives of Israeli Jewish men and women. Thus, rather than being passive recipients, women shape and transform Jewish life today. The chapter ends with a challenging question: as women have moved to the forefront of Jewish spirituality, have men been left behind? If so, what are the implications for the future of Jewish religious culture?