Resources

Halakhic Articles:

Gender and Tefillin: Possibilites and Consquences (Rabbi Ethan Tucker)

Gender and Tefillin: Follow-up Questions and Responses (Rabbi Ethan Tucker)

The Truth about Women and Tefillin (Rabbi Jeff Fox)

Why Women Can -- And Must -- Lay Tefillin (Will Friedman)

"Wrapped Attention: May Women Wear Tefillin?" (Aliza Berger in Jewish Legal Writings by Women)

"Fringe Benefits: Women and Tzitzit" (Aviva Cayam in Jewish Legal Writings by Women)

Also check out Netzitzot's collection of sources and articles about tzitzit!

A note: We realize that this section is heavy on articles by men. Any suggestions of scholarship by women are welcomed, and we look forward to the day when more women have written on this topic.

Personal Accounts and Opinion Pieces:

I'm Observant -- and I Wear Tzitzit (Avigayil Halpern)

Wrapped up in tradition (Shira Harris)

Not-So Blurred Lines (Eden Farber)

 Wrapped up in seriousness (Marla Cohen)

Women, Tefillin, and Double Standards (Avigayil Halpern)

You say women 'don't need' tefillin? Here's why I do (Avigayil Halpern)

 Life on the Fringes: A Feminist Journey Towards Traditional Rabbinic Ordination (Rabbi Haviva Ner-David)

Other Resources:

JOFA's Online Library

Tefillin written by a soferet

Tzitzit made for female bodies, by Netzitzot (along with halakhic resources and personal accounts).