Jewish Gender & Feminism Quiz

Question 1 of 10

In 1975, the Reform movement introduced what concept in its new prayer book Gates of Prayer?

Gender inclusive language
God as a woman
Including the names of the matriarchs along with those of the patriarchs in a central section of the prayers
Annotated prayers with feminist analysis

Question 2 of 10

Which holiday, according to legend, was a reward given to the women of Israel because they refused to surrender their jewelry for the creation of the Golden Calf?

Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Hashanah
Shavuot
Tu Bishvat

Question 3 of 10

Who sparked Second Wave feminism with the 1963 publication of The Feminine Mystique?

Judy Chicago
Betty Friedan
Alix Kates Shulman
Alice Wolfson

Question 4 of 10

Who advocates for "engendering" Judaism by making gender a fundamental criterion for understanding the Jewish past and envisioning the Jewish future?

Rachel Adler
Cynthia Ozick
Henrietta Szold
Golda Meir

Question 5 of 10

What was life like for Jewish women in the Middle Ages?

In Muslim lands women tended to be more sheltered than in Christian areas
In Christian lands women tended to be more sheltered than in Muslim areas
In both Muslim and Christian lands Jewish women enjoyed tremendous upward mobility
In both Muslim and Christian lands Jewish women lived circumscribed lives, but were allowed to initiate divorce

Question 6 of 10

Historically, how did Jewish women celebrate the appearance of a new moon?

Performing ritual dances outside
Immersing in a mikveh
Refraining from sewing, spinning, weaving or doing any needlework
Fasting

Question 7 of 10

True or false: Throughout Jewish history, only men had the obligation to say the Kaddish

True
False

Question 8 of 10

When were the first synagogue sisterhoods founded by rabbis?

1910s
1940s
1960s
1970s

Question 9 of 10

Under Jewish law, an agunah, or "chained woman" whose husband deserts her, is missing, or refuses to grant a divorce, is:

Supposed to fast until he returns
Not allowed to remarry
Forced to marry her husband's brother
Required to go in a mikveh before remarrying

Question 10 of 10

What do medieval Jewish legal authorities think about wifebeating?

Some Sephardic authorities permit it, Ashkenazic authorities do not
There is general consensus that it is permitted
There is general consensus that it is encouraged
Mystical authorities permit it, rationalists do not

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