– In which we, with special guest Rachel Stomel, discuss the closure of a group dedicated to Orthodox feminism and if we must choose one or the other.
– In which coalition head, Idit Silman is called a little girl in Knesset — twice!
– In which we dish on whiskey & women’s learning.
– In which Israel has a new government (with ample opportunity to erase women, no less)!
– In which we reflect on the Flag March and what it once was and what it could be, including why it has become controversial.
– And in which we acknowledge the women who never gave up, in their behind-the-scenes roles that helped form this government.
– In which an agunah gets her get from the man who had left her for dead. And the Onion’s take on “erasing women.”
– In which we (Anne) interview our resident expert on antisemitism and social media (Shoshanna!), and why now seems worse than before.
– And in which we recommend Ben M. Freeman’s “Jewish Pride,” as well as Israeli school Torah parties (and the prep for them).
NOTE: We recorded this more than a month before its release. But then the Meron tragedy happened, and we didn’t want to shift the focus (Shoshanna spoke about it with Rabbi Scott Kahn, on the Orthodox Conundrum). And the rockets started flying (you heard us talk about that, in the thick of things). Thank God, now we have a chance to release this episode. We wish it had become outdated — some of our references, such as to “this past week” definitely did. Unfortunately, violence against women is an “evergreen” topic.
So… we’re here to let you know about MK Bezalel Smotrich’s “rescue” of an agunah. And the covert missionaries that rocked Jerusalem for a time (they’re still at large). And we delve into the perennial violence against women, from the most horrendous of biblical tales to events of 2021.
In this impromptu and somewhat raw special edition of The Chochmat Nashim Podcast, Shoshanna and Anne reflect on the situation in Israel – from rockets to riots – and what we all must learn to move forward.
– In which some rabbis are caught organizing underage marriages and an amusement park won’t let a father chaperone his daughters.
– In which Rabbi Johnny Solomon reflects on religious Zionism, Jewish education, Jewish women, and the need to catapult the Orthodox world out of a deep malaise.
– And in which we DISH on flower-picking, Yom HaAtzmaut BBQs, and Israeli music.
