by Gila Berkowitz

Lifting The Yoke

Is There Hope for Ending Jewish Legal Discrimination Against Women?

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Thousands of Jewish women from across the entire religious spectrum convened on Chanukah 5747 (December, 1986) at the First Jerusalem International Conference on Women and Judaism: Halacha and the Jewish Woman. Their objective: to improve their position in halacha, Jewish law, which, in matters of personal status (marriage, conversion, divorce) is also the law of the land in Israel.

Spring 1987/5747

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Fall 2019

#MeToo stories • Jewish women and breast cancer: crisis, intimacy, recovery • Jennifer Weiner on “chick lit’s” power • Suddenly, period positivity • A feminist Jew’s tough search for holiness in community.

Summer 2019

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Spring 2019

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Lifting The Yoke

Is There Hope for Ending Jewish Legal Discrimination Against Women?

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