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Orthodox women in the U.S., Israel, and around the world, are engaging in post-secondary education in ever-increasing numbers, with ever-increasing enthusiasm and scholarly intensity. The materials in this section explore the the following questions. What is the nature of the institutions that are creating new communities of female Torah scholars? What are the characteristics of the male yeshivot for the same age students?
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May 2000
"The Flourishing of Higher Jewish Learning for Women," Furstenberg, Rochelle. Jerusalem Letter, 429, May 2000, 1:11.
Synopsis: In her article, Rochelle Furstenberg discusses the growing population of learned women in today's Orthodox society.
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Spring, 2008
"Jewish Women as 'Learning Different'," Tannenbaum, Chana. Jewish Educational Leadership, 6:3, Spring, 2008.
Synopsis: Channa Tanenbaum surveys the literature on learning differences between men and women, and offers specific implications for the education of Jewish women. She states that "female students in Orthodox day schools are learning different not only because they are girls, but because they are Jewish girls." Paradoxically, many women who delve deeply into traditional Jewish texts are often considered less serious about their Judaism. The article ends with many questions for further research. An accompanying article by Chana Tannenbaum, "A Vision for Leadership," is also linked to from this page.
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Spring, 2008
"A Vision for Leadership," Tannebaum, Chana. Jewish Educational Leadership, 6:3, Spring, 2008.
Synopsis: This article accompanies the article "Jewish women as 'Learning Different'" by the same author, also linked to from this page. In this article, the author relates that in both Israeli and North American yeshiva day schools, adolescent females are often educated into self restraint under the guise of modesty, with their role being defined for them as important only as it relates to their family responsibilities. She states that in our changing world, we need to prepare a generation of women for leadership.
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Synopsis: A guide to post high school study in Israel.
www.ocweb.org/index.php/israel_school_guide/
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"The Year in Israel: Expanding Horizons or Narrowing Scope?," Shapiro Katz, Emily. JOFA 6th International Conference.
Synopsis: The post-high school Israel experience has become a normative rite-of-passage for American Modern Orthodox teens. The proliferation of midrashot, where young women learn Torah, often from women, are frequently cited as evidence of the success of Orthodox feminism. But are these institutions really advancing the cause or does their more fundamental commitment to keeping girls "on the derech" make them centers of anti-feminism? Emphasizing the perspectives of women educators in midrashot, this session will use anecdotal research to shed light on these concerns.
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2002
Next Year I Will Know More: Literacy & Identity Among Young Orthodox Women In Israel. El-or, Tamar. Wayne State University Press, 2002.
Synopsis: An investigation into the education of women in the religious Zionist community and its influence on Orthodox Judaism.
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1996
Feminist Perspectives on Jewish Studies (excerpt). Tenenbaum, Shelly; Davidman, Lynn. Yale University Press, 1996.
Synopsis: This essay is reprinted, with permission, from Feminist Perspectives on Jewish Studies (Yale University Press, 1996), one of the first books to be concerned with the role of gender in the production of knowledge about Judaism in the academic world. It evaluates the development of feminist scholarship in various fields within Jewish studies. Eminent scholars in biblical studies, rabbinics, theology, history, literature, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and film studies assess the state of knowledge about women in each field, analyze how this knowledge has affected the mainstream of the discipline, and propose new questions and concepts to pursue. To purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Feminist-Perspectives-Studies-Professor-Davidman/dp/0300068670
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