מאמרים בנושא מגדר

Material Religion, V-22(1), 59-85. [2025]

אנגלית

This article explores the Mezuzah - a quintessential symbol of the Jewish home - within a novel context: the "Trans Pride Mezuzah." Ben-Lulu analyzes how designing a Mezuzah in the colors of the Trans Pride flag (blue, pink, and white) transforms it from a strictly Halakhic object into an identit...

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...

Religions, V-14(3), 324. [2023]

אנגלית

This ethnographic study examines the intersection between the Israeli Reform movement and the Ethiopian Jewish community (Beta Israel). Based on fieldwork in a Reform congregation in northern Israel, Ben-Lulu explores how liberal Jewish spaces facilitate "empathy from the margins" by incorporatin...

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...

Religions, V-13(9), 845. [2022]

אנגלית

This ethnographic study compares the performance of the "Tashlich" ritual in two egalitarian Jewish congregations: a Reform community in Tel Aviv and an LGBTQ synagogue in New York City. The author analyzes how this traditional atonement ritual is reinterpreted to empower gender and sexual identi...

Modern Judaism: A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, V-42(2), 157-182. [2022]

אנגלית

This empirical study explores the emergence of "partnership minyanim" (Shira Hadasha model) as a global phenomenon at the start of the 21st century. Ash argues that these congregations, which combine Orthodox liturgical structures with feminist practices, were born from intense transnational exch...

Israel Studies, V-28(1), 49-69. [2022]

אנגלית

This ethnographic study examines how Reform Jewish communities in Israel "gender" and "queer" the traditional Passover Seder to make it more inclusive of marginalized identities. Focusing on a pre-Seder workshop, the author explores how participants reinterpret classical symbols - such as the "Fo...

Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, V-41, 12–37 [2022]

אנגלית

This comparative study examines the emergence of religious feminist scholarship in two distinct communities in Israel: Religious-Zionist Jewish women and Muslim women. The authors analyze how both groups use academic tools and religious knowledge to challenge patriarchal interpretations of sacred...

Jewish Culture and History, V-16(3), 275–292. [2016]

אנגלית

This article traces the historical and cultural evolution of the Bat Mitzvah ceremony in Israel. It argues that unlike the Bar Mitzvah, which is rooted in religious law, the Bat Mitzvah emerged as a distinctively modern, consumer-oriented "birthday party," reflecting the ambivalence of Israeli so...

חיבור לשם קבלת תואר 'דוקטור בפילוסופיה', המחלקה ללימודים בין תחומיים, התכנית ללימודי מגדר, אוניברסיטת בר אילן [2011]

עברית

מחקר זה מתחקה אחר ההתנסות של נשים דתיות למדניות הלומדות ומלמדות גמרא. במהלך ההיסטוריה, לימוד גמרא היה נחלתם של גברים בלבד, ולכן נחשב כעיסוק 'גברי'. המחקר מבקש ללמוד מנשים אלה אודות המשמעויות של העיסוק בגמרא בעולמן וההשלכות שלו על זהותן הדתית והלמדנית. כמו כן נבחנת התמודדותן עם מספר סוגיות מפתח המ...