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Jewish Gender & Feminism Quiz

How much do you know about gender issues in the Jewish past and present?

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Even as Jewish women have attained ritual and leadership opportunities formerly restricted to them, the history of female exclusion in Judaism continues to linger. How much do you know about gender issues in the Jewish past and present?

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Question 1 of 10
Jewish feminists have worked extensively on all these causes except
Question 2 of 10
True or false: In medieval mystical theology, all of God's ten attributes are female.
Question 3 of 10
Which of these is not a para-rabbinic role assumed by women in the Modern Orthodox community?
Question 4 of 10
Under Jewish law, an agunah, or "chained woman" whose husband deserts her, is missing, or refuses to grant a divorce, is:
Question 5 of 10
Which publication aims "to foster discussion of Jewish women's issues... and to give women greater choice in Jewish life"?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these is not an available source of information about Jewish women's lives in the Middle Ages?
Question 7 of 10
Who advocates for "engendering" Judaism by making gender a fundamental criterion for understanding the Jewish past and envisioning the Jewish future?
Question 8 of 10
Which of the sefirot (mystical attributes of God) evokes a female aspect of God?
Question 9 of 10
True or false: The mystics conceive of the relationship between God and the Jewish people in sexual terms, with God as male and the Jewish people as female.
Question 10 of 10
When were the first synagogue sisterhoods founded by rabbis?
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