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Your source for news and insights about gender in Jewish life

elana head shot low res croppedJewFem.com offers you news, information and insights about gender and feminism in your Jewish life. The blog tackles Jewish education, synagogue, Israel, Jewish community, bits of pop culture, and more. The site was created by the award-winning writer Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman (@ElanaHope), former Executive Director of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. Elana's books include The Men’s Section: Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian World, which won the 2012 National Jewish Book Council Award for Women's Studies, Educating in the Divine Image: Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools, which won the 2013 National Jewish Book Council Award for Education (co-authored with Chaya Gorsetman), and the forthcoming The War on Women in Israel: How Religious Radicalism is Stifling the Voice of a Nation Elana writes frequently at The Forward, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, Lilith, and more.

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Listen to Elana talk about her books

Elana talks with Sara Ivry of Vox Tablet about her book "Educating in the Divine Image: Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools".

Elana talks with Gabrielle Birkner of The Forward about her book "The Men's Section" and her vision of gender in Jewish education.

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Congratulations! Educating in the Divine Image wins the National Jewish Book Council Award
Elana's newest book, Educating in the Divine Image: Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools, won the 2013 National Jewish Book Council Award in the category of education and i...
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The "Man Seder" -- good for men, bad for women? Weigh in
A new Facebook group that I started last month for Orthodox feminists exploded this week over, of all things, the issue of men’s empowerment. A young Orthodox woman and columnist from Atlanta named Eden Farber posted a ...
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Posted by Elana Sztokman on 10 April 2014
"I'm FED UP!" New FB group for Orthodox feminists has taken off
The new FB group I started in March called "I'm fed up with the way women are treated in Orthodoxy", also called "A home for Orthodox feminist and friends", has quickly taken off, with over 750 members and a constant buz...
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Posted by Elana Sztokman on 03 April 2014
THANK YOU Repair the World!!!
Repair the World selected this blog as one of the four Jewish Women's blogs that are changing the world..... That is SO COOL!! I love Repair the World, by the way. They do awesome things around the world and help advanc...
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Posted by Elana Sztokman on 26 March 2014
Women in business in Israel: Status report for Internation Women's Day
The Israeli media loves International Women's Day so much that they put women on the covers -- even in the business sections -- and have lots of advertisements for perfume and other things that will "make women in you li...
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Posted by Elana Sztokman on 06 March 2014
Adina Bar Shalom: Haredi feminism is already here
Adina Bar Shalom, the oldest daughter of the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of the Haredi College in Jerusalem that has 1000 students – mostly women – gaining professional skills to enter the Israeli workforce, writes ...
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Posted by Elana Sztokman on 06 March 2014