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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 was Bella Abzug's profession before being elected to congress in 1971?
Question 2 of 10
Jewish feminists have worked extensively on all these causes except
Question 3 of 10
In 1975, the Reform movement introduced what concept in its new prayer book Gates of Prayer?
Question 4 of 10
As a general rule, women are exempted from what commandments, according to rabbinic Judaism?
Question 5 of 10
True or false: Some scholars have found that ancient Israelite views of women were in many ways more positive than those in other ancient Near Eastern societies.
Question 6 of 10
According to the Talmud, a man without a wife is
Question 7 of 10
Which of the following was NOT included in the "Call for Change" issued by the women of the Ezrat Nashim movement ing the 1970s?
Question 8 of 10
True or false: In medieval mystical theology, all of God's ten attributes are female.
Question 9 of 10
Which of these is a feminine name for God?
Question 10 of 10
Who advocates for "engendering" Judaism by making gender a fundamental criterion for understanding the Jewish past and envisioning the Jewish future?
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