The censoring of women’s images, and even their names, began in the most insular hasidic sects, but has increasingly become the norm in the Orthodox community. Having studied this phenomenon for years, and seeing the damage it causes in women’s financial, health, and religious lives, Chochmat Nashim is the leading voice fighting this harmful trend.
In articles, podcasts, interviews and speaking engagements, Chochmat Nashim shows how these policies negatively affect the community and provides individuals and communities can advocate putting Jewish women back in the picture.
Photographs advertising children’s clothing show boys modeling outfits, but the girls’ outfits are displayed on headless dress forms or on dolls.
The Jewish Life Photo Bank directly counters the notion that images of Jewish women and girls are illicit and forbidden. We proudly show the faces of the community (over 200 volunteers across the Jewish world!) to show that Judaism is better when women are seen!
