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I resisted the call to include non-male voices every time I taught Torah. Then I tried it.
December 30, 2020
5:13 pm
A Jewish woman holding a Jewish Tanakh, which includes the books of the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings. (Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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(JTA) Many of my fellow rabbinical students and friends are enthusiastic about a new strategy for elevating women’s voices in Torah study into the beit midrash this fall.
The Kranjec Test named for Danielle Kranjec, the Jewish educator who created it holds that collections of texts known as source sheets must include at least one non-male voice. It’s the Jewish studies equivalent of the well-known Bechdel test for film, in which movies pass if they include two women having a conversation about something other than men, and it quickly gained currency among my colleagues. ....

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