GENDER AND JUDAISM: A SOPHISTICATED VEIW FROM THE HAREIDI CAMP Review by Sarah Rinder Recent debates about women and the Orthodox rabbinate yielded a range of interesting, impassioned and also banal observations by various Jewish professionals and laypeople. Although sociological and legal arguments abound, a broader philosophical discussion of the nature of gender roles within […]
Are Jewish Women “Different But Equal”?
This week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Allison Josephs, AKA Jew in the City, for her radio show on the Nachum Segal Network. Allison had some great questions about the development of my ideas, as well as about my new book Circle, Arrow, Spiral: Exploring Gender in Judaism. At one point she […]
Are Jewish Women Second-Class Citizens?
The following is an insightful article written in response to my new book, Circle, Arrow, Spiral: Exploring Gender in Judaism. It was first published on the Jewish Values Onlinesite, by Dr. Rivkah Lambert Adler. I was a Jew before I was a feminist, but I was a committed feminist before I was a committed Jew. […]
Excellent Book Review in the LA Jewish Home
This review of my book Circle, Arrow, Spiral was published in the latest edition of The Jewish Home, a local Los Angeles publication. Check it out here on page 20. It was written by veteran Jewish writer Rebecca Klempner. The role of women in the Torah world often appears in the headlines, leaving Orthodox Jews feeling misunderstood. […]