Susannah Heschel & Sarah Imhoff
By Susannah Heschel & Sarah Imhoff
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Culture Yes, exclusion of women in Jewish Studies is still a problem
To The Editor: The Forward recently published an article by Marcin Wodzinski that was framed as a response to an article we wrote for the Forward more than a year ago about women’s underrepresentation in our field of Jewish Studies. Our original article expressed profound concern that a new 850-page history of Hasidism had no…
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Culture Where Are All The Women In Jewish Studies?
The Smithsonian has celebrated a new book, “Hasidism: A New History,” edited by David Biale, as a landmark. This collaborative effort of eight men has been underway for a decade, and the publication is massive: 850 pages. All written by men. The preface informs us that a distinguished female scholar of Hasidism participated extensively in…
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