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Politics ’92

…Meretz’s Shulamith Aloni and Anat Maor; Tamar Gozansky of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, and Esther Salamovitz of Tzomet. Namir, Minister for the Environment, headed a government-sponsored commission…

Treif Jews: Feminism and a Living Torah

…stories of sexuality and violence rabbis and priests have suppressed, silenced, and edited into oblivion. Puzzling, challenging stories of women like Tamar, Zipporah, or Lot’s daughters are his starting points….

“Dialogue” Sparks Action

…Rom (Likud) and Jerusalem City Council-woman and former Knesset member Tamar Eshel (Labor) arrived on the scene to express their concern about the status of Israeli women. They were accompanied…

Copenhagen: One Year Later

…quite undone. The Israeli delegation decided that it would have—unofficially—a panel. And so there was an unofficial panel created that had Israeli women. Minna Ben-Zvi chaired it. Tamar Eshel was…

Happening

…1998 to editors: Mekella Broomberg, Tamar Burman, and Judith Levitt, 164 Crookesmoor Rd., Sheffield S6 3FS, (44-0114)266-6990; EGA95JSL@Sheffield.ac.uk Are you a Jewish woman for whom having been raised by a…

Orthodox Judaism and the F Word

…heart of Jewish practice vindicated these ideas: Eve sought knowledge and was punished with pain, Tamar was forced to seduce her father-in-law, Judah, to pursue justice, and for centuries women…

Women with Microphones

…her would know she was no stranger to Jewish liturgy. Tamar Fish said, “I’m aware of how long it takes me to drop my guard” in synagogue. Another common theme…

Happening

…charge from: Tamar Eldar-Avidar Attache for Women’s Affairs Embassy of Israel 1621 22 St. NW, Dept. L Washington, DC 20008 This year’s annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies…

Chicago’s Shofar-Blowing “Rabbi on the Block”

During one sequence in Brad Rothschild’s new documentary Rabbi on the Block, Tamar Manasseh offers a tutorial in shofar-blowing as she readies her community, Chicago Mothers/Men Against Sense- less Killing…