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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
What do medieval Jewish legal authorities think about wifebeating?
Question 2 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 3 of 10
According to the Zohar, who presides over the halls of the afterlife?
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?
Question 5 of 10
True or false: In the Bible, women are sometimes presented as equal to men, and sometimes as subordinate.
Question 6 of 10
True or false: In medieval mystical theology, all of God's ten attributes are female.
Question 7 of 10
Who was the first female rabbi in America?
Question 8 of 10
In 1975, the Reform movement introduced what concept in its new prayer book Gates of Prayer?
Question 9 of 10
Which of these is a famous Orthodox feminist?
Question 10 of 10
What are Orthodox women's tefillah groups?
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