Jewish Gender & Feminism Quiz

Question 1 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.

True
False

Question 2 of 10

What are Orthodox women's tefillah groups?

Groups of women who wish to maximize their participation in communal prayer while remaining within the parameters of Orthodox law
Groups of women who are studying to be cantors in Orthodox synagogues
Support groups for Orthodox women who have been physically or verbally abused within their community
Outreach groups that attempt to convert Reform and Conservative women to Orthodoxy

Question 3 of 10

Which of these is a feminine name for God?

Adonai
Eloheinu
Shekhinah
El Shaddai

Question 4 of 10

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

True
False

Question 5 of 10

Regina Jonas, often thought as the first female rabbi, was born and served as rabbi in which city?

Jerusalem
New York City
Warsaw
Berlin

Question 6 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

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.

True
False

Question 8 of 10

True or false: In the Bible, women are sometimes presented as equal to men, and sometimes as subordinate.

True
False

Question 9 of 10

Which of these is not a para-rabbinic role assumed by women in the Modern Orthodox community?

Advisor on the laws of ritual purity
Advocate for women seeking a Jewish divorce
Spiritual mentor in a synagogue
Cantor

Question 10 of 10

As a general rule, women are exempted from what commandments, according to rabbinic Judaism?

Positive time-bound commandments, like fixed prayer
Commandments related to the Temple, like animal sacrifice
Negative commandments, like the prohibition to covet
All commandments except those that relate to marriage and child-rearing

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