“ORTHODOX FEMINISM = RELIGIOUS EGOISM”?! THEOLOGICAL RABBINIC RHETORIC AS ILLIBERAL BACKLASH TO RELIGIOUS ZIONIST FEMINISM IN ISRAEL
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, (43), 60-98. [2024]
אנגלית
This empirical study identifies and conceptualizes the theological rhetoric used in contemporary Israeli rabbinic discourse to counter the influence of Religious Zionist feminism. The authors analyze five key discursive moves employed by rabbis to delegitimize feminist advancements, such as frami...
Jewish Women in Reform Settings in Israel: Past, Present, and Personal
CCAR Journal, Summer 2023, 13-22. [2023]
אנגלית
This ethnographic paper explores the changing face of the Reform Movement in Israel through the stories of active women in the "Beit Daniel" congregation in Tel Aviv. Dr. Libel-Hass traces the transition of the movement from a predominantly English-speaking immigrant enclave to a more native Isra...
Who has the right to the city? Reform Jewish rituals of gender-religious resistance in Tel AvivJaffa
Gender, Place & Culture, V-29(9), 1251–1273. [2022]
אנגלית
This ethnographic study examines rituals performed by a Reform Jewish community in Tel Aviv-Jaffa through the theoretical lens of Henri Lefebvre’s "The Right to the City." Ben-Lulu analyzes how the community utilizes urban public spaces (such as the Tel Aviv Port or Old Jaffa) to enact a dual for...