Tag: #MeToo

When Rabbis Abuse: A Q&A With Elana Sztokman

“For so many of us, feminism is about our physical experiences. We are engaged in this work out of a response to something that happened to us viscerally.”

Here’s Why Investigating Sexual Harassment Matters

Over the past several years, since the #MeToo movement has gained prominence, reckonings around sexual misconduct and harassment have taken place throughout the global Jewish community. Continuing the momentum of this movement is hard while so many other issues, including the ongoing pandemic, occupy our space. But this work is far from over, and an open call for authentic testimony reminds the wider community that this culture has lasting, negative effects.

Talking Back to The Red Tent in the #MeToo Era

Thus, when I ask students to respond in writing to The Red Tent, one question is, “Is Diamant’s midrash a feminist one? Can the redefinition of (possible) sexual assault as consensual sex be a feminist enterprise?

Can Leviticus’ Purity Laws Help Us Understand #MeToo?

The particular section of the Torah that we read at this time of year addresses issues including menstruation and childbirth. This part of the Torah is, indeed, a bar or bat mitzvah student’s worst nightmare. 

#MeToo and the Women of the Bible

We think of the #metoo movement as a contemporary phenomenon. But in truth, women have been speaking up for a long time. Millennia, at least. 

When You Say #MeToo, What Dangers Lurk?

Radical empathy will let us see past the surface and imagine the various steps that a person in crisis must take. In the case of a high-profile #MeToo accuser, these could include costs like hiring lawyers, losing time from work, paying for cross-country flights to testify.