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Jewish Gender & Feminism Quiz

How much do you know about gender issues in the Jewish past and present?

Even as Jewish women have attained ritual and leadership opportunities formerly restricted to them, the history of female exclusion in Judaism continues to linger. How much do you know about gender issues in the Jewish past and present?

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Question 1 of 10
True or false: Throughout Jewish history, only men had the obligation to say the Kaddish
Question 2 of 10
What are tekhines?
Question 3 of 10
Which of the following was NOT included in the "Call for Change" issued by the women of the Ezrat Nashim movement ing the 1970s?
Question 4 of 10
What do medieval Jewish legal authorities think about wifebeating?
Question 5 of 10
Who advocates for "engendering" Judaism by making gender a fundamental criterion for understanding the Jewish past and envisioning the Jewish future?
Question 6 of 10
What was Bella Abzug's profession before being elected to congress in 1971?
Question 7 of 10
Who sparked Second Wave feminism with the 1963 publication of The Feminine Mystique?
Question 8 of 10
As a general rule, women are exempted from what commandments, according to rabbinic Judaism?
Question 9 of 10
According to the Zohar, who presides over the halls of the afterlife?
Question 10 of 10
Which of these adjectives do rabbinic sources use to describe women?

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