Hartman Institute’s women scholars shine online

It’s most definitely NOT affirmative action. In fact, I didn’t even realize it had happened until I checked the homepage of the Hartman Institute after my latest article update. It just so happens that there are four items on the homepage featuring women scholars at the Institute.
The latest is Channa Pincasi’s piece about the spies [...]

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הפוליטיקה של הלידה בספרות היהדות – ערב לימוד במכון הרטמן

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New year, new scholars at Hartman Institute

The “new year” for our new scholars actually began last fall, but now their names, CV’s, and photos are on our site:

Channa Pincasi
Yair Eldan
Eli Schonfeld
Jennie Rosenfeld
Rut Kara-Ivanov Kaniel

Channa has sent us links to two recent (Hebrew) articles of hers on Israeli websites:
From NRG, website of Maariv newspaper: פרשת שמות: נשים ללא גבולות
From Kolech, a website [...]

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Summer’s waning; school year’s waxing

We’re back from vacation at Shalom Hartman Institute to get ready for the upcoming school year. The campus is being spiffed up, teachers from the Institute’s girls’ high school, Midrashiya, are here getting pre-season training.
New this year: as a convenience to parents, fees for the boys’ and girls’ high schools can be paid online, here.
Coming [...]

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Addressing Orthodox Judaism and feminism

The Shalom Hartman Institute is addressing the thorny issues being raised by feminists regarding Orthodox and traditional Judaism, and of Judaic scholarship in Israel, in a number of ways. This fall, the Institute is starting two new programs aimed at delving into this matter and in aiding female scholars of Judaism:
Seder Nashim will explore [...]

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