The Status of Women in Judaism Today and in the Past

The awareness and sympathetic attitude of writers of the Bible to women's hardships due to their inferior standing in society. Difference between attitudes of writers of the Bible and the Sages towards women (as described in Rachel Elior's article in Free Judaism). Status of women in the Oral Law and literature of the Middle Ages. Changes taking place in the status of women in Judaism and non-Jewish society - eudcation, impact of secularization and feminist movements. Jewish creativity and its cultural impact.

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