Adler, Rachel. "Tumah and Taharah: Endings and Beginnings,” in The Jewish Woman: New Perspectives. Ed. Elizabeth Koltun. Schocken Books, 1976.
An article from an Orthodox feminist perspective, which inspired the contemporary revival in mikveh use among non-Orthodox Jews. Describes the ritual of mikveh as acknowledging the life-death nexus in our bodies and our lives.
Adler, Rachel. "Themes of Leviticus/Vayikra Rabbah—Sexuality and Ritual Purity: 'In Your Blood, Live': Re-Visions of a Theology of Purity,” in Lifecycles, Volume 2: Jewish Women on Biblical Themes in Contemporary Life. Ed. Rabbi Debra Orenstein and Rabbi Jane Litman. Jewish Lights Publishing, 1997.
The author renounces her previous view that niddah and mikveh use can be reclaimed by feminists, arguing that humans become holy by accepting our bodily functions, not by stigmatizing them.
Goldstein, Rabbi Elyse. "Blood and Water: The Stuff of Life." ReVisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens. Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998.
Addresses the relationship between women's bodies and Torah, and suggests new ways for women to appropriate, as feminists, traditional practices around menstruation.
Goldstein, Rabbi Elyse M. "Take Back the Waters: A Feminist Reappropriation of Mikvah." Lilith Magazine #15, 1986.
A feminist rabbi suggests that women reclaim the practice of mikvah, to mark special moments in their lives and to create a link with Jewish women’s history, not only for resuming heterosexual relations.
Grossman, Susan. "Feminism, Midrash and Mikveh,” in Conservative Judaism, vol.44, no.2. Winter 1992.
The author, a Jewish feminist, and a Conservative rabbi, analyzes her reclaiming of this women’s tradition, appreciating mikveh as a way to sanctify women’s bodies and the potential to create life, and recasts the practice that regulates sexuality and relationships as promoting "holy behavior."
Rose, Carol. "Introduction to Kavvanot for the Mikveh,” in Worlds of Jewish Prayer: A Festschrift in Honor of Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi. Ed. Shohama Harris-Wiener and Jonathan Omer-Man. Jason Aronson, 1993.
Slonim, Rivkah, Ed. Total Immersion: A Mikvah Anthology. Jason Aronson, 1996.
An anthology of articles, prayers, historical sources, and personal essays on the practice of mikveh, written from a traditional aspect.
Wasserfall, Rahel, Ed. Women and Water: Menstruation in Jewish Law and Life. Brandeis University Press, 1999.
A multidisciplinary anthology of scholarly articles on different aspects of mikveh and niddah.
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