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Many of my fellow rabbinical students and friends are enthusiastic about a new strategy for elevating women’s voices in Torah study into the beit midrash this fall. Danielle Kranjec The Kranjec Test named for Danielle Kranjec, the Jewish educator who created it holds that collections of texts known as source sheets used in Jewish learning must include at least one non-male voice. It’s the Jewish studies equivalent of the well-known Bechdel Test for film, in which movies pass if they include two women having a conversation about something other than men, and it quickly gained currency among my colleagues. ....
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I resisted the call to include non-male voices every time I taught Torah. Then I tried it. December 30, 2020 5:13 pm A Jewish woman holding a Jewish Tanakh, which includes the books of the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings. (Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) Many of my fellow rabbinical students and friends are enthusiastic about a new strategy for elevating women’s voices in Torah study into the beit midrash this fall. The Kranjec Test named for Danielle Kranjec, the Jewish educator who created it holds that collections of texts known as source sheets must include at least one non-male voice. It’s the Jewish studies equivalent of the well-known Bechdel test for film, in which movies pass if they include two women having a conversation about something other than men, and it quickly gained currency among my colleagues. ....
When is Hanukkah, and how is the Jewish holiday celebrated each year? 18 December 2020 • 8:43am A giant Hanukkah Menorah is set up in front off the German landmark Brandenburg Gate, by the Jewish Chabad Educational Center for Hanukkah 2019 Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival also known as the Festival of Lights, sees Jews around the world light one candle on a nine-branched menorah - or hanukiah candelabrum - each day. The holiday begins on the 25th day of Kislev, which is the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In the western calendar, Hanukkah is celebrated in November or December. This year it began on Thursday December 10th, and continues until Friday December 18th. ....