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Jewish Gender & Feminism Quiz

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

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
What are Orthodox women's tefillah groups?
Question 2 of 10
Which of the sefirot (mystical attributes of God) evokes a female aspect of God?
Question 3 of 10
Who advocates for "engendering" Judaism by making gender a fundamental criterion for understanding the Jewish past and envisioning the Jewish future?
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
Who sparked Second Wave feminism with the 1963 publication of The Feminine Mystique?
Question 6 of 10
According to the Bible, childless widows are the legal responsibility of whom?
Question 7 of 10
True or false: Some scholars have found that ancient Israelite views of women were in many ways more positive than those in other ancient Near Eastern societies.
Question 8 of 10
Who said: "There is nothing more beautiful for a wife than sitting in the corner of her house"?
Question 9 of 10
Which of these exclusively female ceremonies receives fleeting mention in the Bible?
Question 10 of 10
True or false: In medieval mystical theology, all of God's ten attributes are female.

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