Putting Jewish Women Back into History
In the late XVI century, a female scholar became the head of a prestigious yeshiva in Kurdistan, upending centuries of male domination of Talmudic learning. However, nowadays few Jews are aware of the exploits of Asenath Barazani, a scholar so accomplished that she educated a generation of rabbinic leaders. Learn all about Barazani and other remarkable Jewish women in Prof. Renée Levine Melammed’s latest lecture series: Facing Adversity: Jewish Women throughout History.