Dahlia Scheindlin
ISRAEL: Far from Feminist
In his celebrated New York Review of Books essay, Peter Beinart wrote: “For several decades, the Jewish establishment has asked American Jews to check their liberalism at Zionism's door.” Too often, I feel that Israel has asked its women (and men) to check their feminism at the door. The irony is that as an American, born into a powerful matriarchy, I don’t think I realized I was a feminist until moving to Israel. Forgive me, American sisters – I know about all the gender struggles I would face if I lived in America as an adult today. But in Israel…
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