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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
Which publication aims "to foster discussion of Jewish women's issues... and to give women greater choice in Jewish life"?
Question 2 of 10
Which holiday, according to legend, was a reward given to the women of Israel because they refused to surrender their jewelry for the creation of the Golden Calf?
Question 3 of 10
Regina Jonas, often thought as the first female rabbi, was born and served as rabbi in which city?
Question 4 of 10
What do medieval Jewish legal authorities think about wifebeating?
Question 5 of 10
How does the Book of Genesis describe the creation of woman?
Question 6 of 10
Under Jewish law, an agunah, or "chained woman" whose husband deserts her, is missing, or refuses to grant a divorce, is:
Question 7 of 10
Who was the first female rabbi in America?
Question 8 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 9 of 10
What is the biblical precedent for allowing a woman to inherit her father's property, when she has no brothers?
Question 10 of 10
What was Bella Abzug's profession before being elected to congress in 1971?
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