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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 4(1), pp. 17 - 28
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040104
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Multifaceted Religious Feminism - The Case of Modern Orthodox Feminists in Israel
Galit Yanay-Ventura *
Department of Human Services, Yezreel Valley College, Israel
ABSTRACT
This article deals with orthodox feminists in Israel. Its aim is to study how women create a religious feminist identity and attach to orthodox feminism as a shared space. For this purpose I interviewed 44 women, all of whom declared openly that they regard themselves as orthodox feminists. The interviews dealt with the creation of a religious feminist identity and the conceptions, beliefs, customs and soul searching created by this identity. Five different narratives are presented: the traditional, retiring, interpreter, juggler and rabbinical. Every one of them provides a different world view and a unique answer to the issue of how to be both religious and a feminist. These narratives are not binary (feminism versus religion, feminism or religion) but rather an open-ended interweaving between feminism and religion that produces religious feminism without a hyphen.
KEYWORDS
Religious Feminism, Religious Subjectivities, Jewish Feminism, Judith Butler, Qualitative Research, Narrative Analysis
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Galit Yanay-Ventura , "Multifaceted Religious Feminism - The Case of Modern Orthodox Feminists in Israel," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 17 - 28, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040104.
(b). APA Format:
Galit Yanay-Ventura (2016). Multifaceted Religious Feminism - The Case of Modern Orthodox Feminists in Israel. Sociology and Anthropology, 4(1), 17 - 28. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040104.