"Women and Judaism" is about women's place in Orthodox society, and whether or not they are treated as inferiors
Title: "Women and Judaism" is about women's place in Orthodox society, and whether or not they are treated as inferiors
Category: /Society & Culture/People
Details: Words: 2232 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Women and Judaism" is about women's place in Orthodox society, and whether or not they are treated as inferiors
Category: /Society & Culture/People
Details: Words: 2232 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Women In Judaism
In the Orthodox (traditional) Jewish religion women are expected to stay at home and take care of the house and children. They do not do many of the religious mizvot (good deeds) that men do. Women are also made to dress modestly, and cover their heads. This does not mean that the Jewish religion looks at women as inferior to men. There are reasons why women are expected to act this way, …showed first 75 words of 2232 total…
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Swidler, Leonard. "Women in Judaism: The Status of Women in Formative Judaism." Metuchen, N.J: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1976.
This paper was about women in Judaism and was quite detailed. It included topics like, Jewish women in society, in the Torah, and women and sex. What I found helpful was that the paper included many rebbis thoughts about Jewish women.