Limmud Oz 2021

Women in Hasidic communities are often portrayed as oppressed and voiceless members of a fundamentalist variety of Judaism. How do these women live in such communities in the same age as Instagram, Twitter, and the #MeToo movement? In this session we will explore this misunderstood and understudied segment of the Jewish community and uncover where the Hasidic woman's path to emancipation has progressed and where it has failed. We will investigate the fascinating lives of the forgotten Hasidic women leaders who challenged the status quo and the Jewish textual framework that prevented their success. The personalities we will discover include the "Maiden of Ludmir", as well as prominent women from the Satmar, Chernobyl, and Lubavitch dynasties.