Sharon Weiss-Greenberg
By Sharon Weiss-Greenberg
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Life Shavuot Is About A Poor Convert — Would Your Community Welcome Her Today?
There is no way to place the biblical Ruth in a box. A convert. A widow. A foreigner. A daughter in law. Every label that one might assign to her places her further and further from the center of the community, and more ingrained in the outskirts of Jewish society. Yet, we all want to…
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Life 4 Questions Every Feminist Should Ask Herself At The Passover Seder
Passover is a time for learning, storytelling, and appreciating our freedom in relation to years’ past. Yet, for the most part, the texts we read in the traditional Haggadah are dominated by men — we discuss the leadership of Moses, we compare the four sons, and retell the conversations between ancient Talmudic male rabbis. So…
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Life Are Religious Women Treated As Second-Class Feminists?
“There is simply no room for women in the beit midrash” “Most guys wouldn’t date you, because you are Student Council President” “I know that you have your career, but I’m the guy, and you know, the parnassah” “You need to go to the back door. Only men can enter through the front.” While there…
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Life Sorry Rabbi Shafran, Being Overworked Isn’t Feminism
via Getty images Last time I checked, making sure that you were able to put food on the table to feed your children wasn’t feminist, it was parenting. Working long hours for low wages because you weren’t permitted to earn educational degrees wasn’t feminist, it was surviving. In a system where men are encouraged to…
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