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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
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 2 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 3 of 10
Which publication aims "to foster discussion of Jewish women's issues... and to give women greater choice in Jewish life"?
Question 4 of 10
What are Orthodox women's tefillah groups?
Question 5 of 10
What was Bella Abzug's profession before being elected to congress in 1971?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these exclusively female ceremonies receives fleeting mention in the Bible?
Question 7 of 10
True or false: In the Bible, women are sometimes presented as equal to men, and sometimes as subordinate.
Question 8 of 10
Who advocates for "engendering" Judaism by making gender a fundamental criterion for understanding the Jewish past and envisioning the Jewish future?
Question 9 of 10
Under Jewish law, an agunah, or "chained woman" whose husband deserts her, is missing, or refuses to grant a divorce, is:
Question 10 of 10
What do medieval Jewish legal authorities think about wifebeating?
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