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Rivkah bat Meir Tiktiner
Sixteenth century educator, author, & scholar.
Beliefs & Practices, Gender & Sexuality, Live, Study
Homosexuality and Halacha (Jewish Law)
Traditional sources on homosexuality.
Jewish Texts, Mysticism, Study
Symbolism in the Bible
Jewish literature is rife with allegory and metaphor.
Beliefs & Practices, Gender & Sexuality
Menstruation and “Family Purity” (Taharat Ha-Mishpacha)
An act of will is required to turn our thoughts back to the sacred after a bodily event has focused our attention on the very physical here-and-now.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Celebrate, Live
Orthodox Judaism Grapples with Bat Mitzvah
As girls have become the educational equals of boys in Orthodox Judaism, rabbis need to explore halakhah to create a normative bat mitzvah ceremony.
Holocaust, Jewish Culture, Jewish History, Jewish Literature, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
Women in Holocaust Literature: Writers and Writings
These women use diaries, memoirs, fiction, and poetry to express their Holocaust experience.
Jewish Culture, Jewish Literature, Live, Modern Israeli Literature
Hebrew Literature
Overview Hebrew Literature. Jewish American Literature. Modern Hebrew Literature. Israeli Literature.