Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Past Event: November 13, 2007


Orthodoxy, Feminism and
Traditional Jewish Wedding Ritual:

What It Takes to Foster Change in a Religious System

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
5:30-7:00 PM


Dr. Irit Koren
Ph.D. Bar Ilan University, Gender Studies
Professor of Women's Studies, JTS

Dr. Tamar El-Or
Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Hebrew University
Visiting Professor at JTS

Dr. Yofi Tirosh
Research Fellow, NYU School of Law
Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law

The event will be held in the SEMINAR ROOM (2nd floor, near library)
at the Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway, NYC (@ 122nd St).

RSVP to JFRG.JTS@gmail.com to reserve a seat and receive a copy of the work to be discussed.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Room Change: October 29, 2007

Please note that the session on Monday, October 29, 2007, entitled "Matriarchs on the Margins" has changed room locations. We will meet in the SEMINAR ROOM on the second floor, near the library, and not in the Beit Midrash.
See you Monday!

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Past Event: October 29, 2007

The Jewish Feminist Research Group
(A Project of the Women's Studies Program at JTS)

PRESENTS:
Monday, October 29, 2007
5:30-7:00 PM
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“Matriarchs on the Margin:
Intermarried Jewish Women’s Modus Vivendi”

What did intermarriage mean to and for women who were Jewish
at the time that they married Gentile men?
In what ways did Jewish women shed or retain their ethnic and religious
heritage despite marrying “out”?
How was intermarriage portrayed by mass media and by religious activists?

--Keren R. McGinity


Keren R. McGinity, Ph.D.
Brown University/Stonehill College

Rabbi Charles Simon
Executive Director, Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs
Author of "The Role of the Supportive Non-Jewish Spouse in the Conservative/Masorti Movement"

Leslie Fishbein, Ph.D.
Professor of American Studies, Rutgers University

At the session, Rabbi Charles Simon and Leslie Fishbein will join
Keren McGinity in a discussion of her work.

RSVP to JFRG.JTS@gmail.com to reserve a seat at the session
and to receive a copy of the paper to be discussed.
Light refreshments will be served.

The event will be held in the Seminar Room (2nd floor)
at the Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway, NYC (@122ndSt).

Monday, October 01, 2007

Save the Dates! Fall 2007

SAVE THE DATES for the FALL 2007 SESSIONS:

Keren R. McGinity: October 29, 2007
Irit Koren: November 13, 2007
Ofra Backenroth: December 3, 2007