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Our Revolt-ing Women: Bringing Women Together to Highlight Abuse in Jewish Communities Today
Author(s): Ashworth-Steen, Robyn; Fletcher, Yehudis
Editor(s): Stiebert, Johanna
Date: 2025
Topics: Abuse, Reform/Liberal/Progressive Judaism, Haredi / Strictly Orthodox Jews, Activism, Jewish Texts and Text Study, Jewish Women, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: The chapter on abuse in Judaism is both co-authored by and a dialogue between two Jewish women: one from the Reform and the other from the Charedi community. Together, they explore abuse in Jewish Scripture, with particular focus on gender-based and sexual(ised) violence, and on three biblical women characters: Bathsheva, Rizpah, and Dinah. The chapter also explores abusive interpretations of Jewish tradition and, briefly, the instances of sexual abuse in Jewish communities up to the present. It also offers a rallying cry for utilising Jewish Scripture to challenge abuse.