Running in Australia, France, Israel and the United States and backed by the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and its British branch as well as the New York women’s seminary Yeshivat Maharat, the event is designed to encourage woman to study a text which is still regarded as for men only among the most conservative religious circles.Related: Why I Started International Women’s Talmud Day (Shayna Abramson, JOFA Blog/The New York Jewish Week).
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