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Sunday, February 19 • 8:45am - 10:00am
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Exploring Orthodox Feminism in Israel and in the US

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A Rabba and a Rabbanit walk Into a Beit Midrash... This session will be co-taught by Yaffa Epstein and Nechama Goldman Barasch -- two Orthodox Feminist Talmud teachers on the faculty at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. The catch? One lives in Israel, and the other lives in New York City. We'll be exploring some of the major Halachic (Jewish legal) issues that are facing Orthodoxy and the similarities and differences between how the communities in Israel and in the US are approaching them.
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Nechama Goldman Barash

The Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies
Nechama Goldman Barash navigates the space between feminism and Orthodoxy by studying and teaching rabbinic texts previously barred to women. She lives in Israel where she teaches at the Pardes Beit Midrash and participates in interfaith work. She is writing a book dealing with matters... Read More →
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Yaffa Epstein

Yaffa serves as the director of education, North America for the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Yaffa received rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Maharat and holds a law degree from Bar-Ilan University. Rabbah Epstein has been a teacher of Talmud, Jewish law, and liturgy at Pardes... Read More →

Sunday February 19, 2017 8:45am - 10:00am PST
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