Class Title – The Tent, the Field, and the Battlefield: How Stories of Biblical Women Mine and Undermine Each Other Class taught by Judy Klitsner Class description: What do the infertile, tent-dwelling mothers of Genesis have in common with the…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Critical issues
Although the topic of women and reclining is not on the top of anyone’s list when thinking about women in Judaism, it actually cuts directly to the most important and the core questions of women’s social status. Do the Rabbis…
Critical issues, Feminism, Jewish calendar, Pesach, Jewish living, Women’s issues
Blu Greenberg, Malke Bina and Rahel Berkovits In Conversation on the topic of Orthodox Feminism: How far have we come; How far still to go? Moderated by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy.
Critical issues, Feminism, Modernity, Jewish living, Women’s issues
In this four-part series, Rahel Berkovits discusses the evolution of women in halakha with specific focus on Kaddish, Minyan and Rabbinic Ordination. Rahel Berkovits has spent many years studying Talmud and Jewish texts in both traditional and academic frameworks at…
Critical issues, Feminism, Jewish living, Women’s issues
In this four-part series, Rahel Berkovits discusses the evolution of women in halakha with specific focus on Kaddish, Minyan and Rabbinic Ordination. Rahel Berkovits has spent many years studying Talmud and Jewish texts in both traditional and academic frameworks at…
Critical issues, Feminism, Jewish living, Women’s issues
In this four-part series, Rahel Berkovits discusses the evolution of women in halakha with specific focus on Kaddish, Minyan and Rabbinic Ordination. Rahel Berkovits has spent many years studying Talmud and Jewish texts in both traditional and academic frameworks at…
Critical issues, Feminism, Jewish living, Women’s issues
In this four-part series, Rahel Berkovits discusses the evolution of women in halakha with specific focus on Kaddish, Minyan and Rabbinic Ordination. Rahel Berkovits has spent many years studying Talmud and Jewish texts in both traditional and academic frameworks at…
Critical issues, Feminism, Jewish living, Women’s issues
This Purim night at Pardes, both men and women will be reading the Megillah for the community. This reflects the clear statement of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, who said, “Women are obligated in the reading of the Megillah she-af heim…
Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings), Esther, Critical issues, Feminism, Jewish living
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