Jewish Ideas and Beliefs

The Bible implies that God's choice of the Jews was random; later traditions made the Jews seem deserving of this privilege.

In the Middle Ages, a Jewish woman's social well-being was considered important, but her life was strictly guided by Jewish law.

Considering the role of gender in producing knowledge about Judaism.

In the Torah, women are absent at the covenantal moment; to make up for this, Jewish history must be reconstructed.

If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.

The various ways Jewish law distinguishes between Jews and gentiles.

The rabbis of the Talmud designated specific female roles and activities, and were wary of women's nature, but they also tempered biblical laws that caused hardships for women.

In the Bible, women are sometimes portrayed as men's equals and other times as men's subordinates — or property.

What the Bible, Talmud and other classic texts say about women and their roles.

Because the evolution of Judaism is affected by social conditions, it can be actively developed to be gender sensitive.