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.

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Lifting The Yoke

Is There Hope for Ending Jewish Legal Discrimination Against Women?

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