Jewish Woman's Voice
Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman, Blog Coordinator
Hana Kehat´s victory
Published on 7/23/2010

The recent legal victory of Chana Kehat, founder of the Orthodox feminist Israeli organization Kolech, has implications for working women in Israel and for feminists worldwide: The courts ruled that she was fired illegally from the Orot Teachers’ College in 2005, and that she must be immediately reinstated.

Kehat, who was described by her employers even during the trial as “an excellent lecturer” argued that she was fired from the religious Zionist institution because of her feminist views. Rabbi Neria Gutel,
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Arrested for being a woman and holding the Torah
Published on 7/16/2010

The recent arrest of a woman carrying a Torah at the Western Wall is testing already tense relations between the ultra-Orthodox and other Jewish groups over issues of religious pluralism in Israel. It has also prompted accusations that Israel’s national police force is attempting to reinterpret a Supreme Court ruling on women’s prayer at Judaism’s holiest site.

Anat Hoffman, chairwoman of the women’s prayer group Women of the Wall, was detained July 12, as she was leading about 150 worshippers from the Western Wall plaza to Robinson’s Arch, the portion of the Wall where the group is permitted to read from the Torah.

 

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Reflections on head covering
Published on 7/16/2010

When I was an 18-year old yeshiva student, my friends and I would ask every teacher we had to give us a talk on our favorite topic. And it wasn’t sex. It was head-covering. Considering that the prevalent issue on our minds was marriage, we were desperate to get some expert advice on how to make the biggest choice of our lives: hat or wig, leave out the ponytail or stuff it in — or for some, like me, to cover or not to cover.

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Elena Kagan Round-Up
Published on 7/11/2010

The prospect of Elena Kagan being appointed to the US Supreme Court is a huge thrill for Jewish women worldwide. Here is a quick round-up of what some Jewish women (and a man) have had to say about it:

 

"....[Kagan] has definitely come across as intelligent, quick-witted, and charming. One of her greatest strengths during the hearings has been a killer sense of
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