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"Was I afraid to get up and speak my mind? No, I wasn't": The Feminism and Art of Jewish Orthodox and Haredi Women

"Was I afraid to get up and speak my mind? No, I wasn't": The Feminism and Art of Jewish... “Was I afraid to get up and speak my mind? No, I wasn’t”: The Feminism and Art of Jewish Orthodox and Haredi Women An Introduction Rachel S. Harris and Karen E. H. Skinazi, Guest Editors The 2018 documentary 93Queen by Paula Eiselt shattered the con- ventional depictions of religious women. Avoiding the trappings of voyeurism and fetishization that so often characterize the representa- tion of women in traditionally Orthodox communities, the film offers a critical exploration of a group of Haredi women’s efforts to create the This first all-female emergency medical response team, Ezras Nashim. documentary is part of a wave of film, art, and literature that seeks to represent Orthodox women from inside their religious communities. The artists, often religious women themselves, explore the ways in which their subjects are pushing at the traditional patriarchal structures that have confined and controlled women’s behavior. Significantly, these works examine women’s modes of empowerment without disavowing the religious frameworks in which the women are operating. Thus, a distinction is created that nuances the difference between religion, and men’s use of religion to limit women. At the heart of 93Queen is the question of whether the women of Borough Park advocating for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

"Was I afraid to get up and speak my mind? No, I wasn't": The Feminism and Art of Jewish Orthodox and Haredi Women

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“Was I afraid to get up and speak my mind? No, I wasn’t”: The Feminism and Art of Jewish Orthodox and Haredi Women An Introduction Rachel S. Harris and Karen E. H. Skinazi, Guest Editors The 2018 documentary 93Queen by Paula Eiselt shattered the con- ventional depictions of religious women. Avoiding the trappings of voyeurism and fetishization that so often characterize the representa- tion of women in traditionally Orthodox communities, the film offers a critical exploration of a group of Haredi women’s efforts to create the This first all-female emergency medical response team, Ezras Nashim. documentary is part of a wave of film, art, and literature that seeks to represent Orthodox women from inside their religious communities. The artists, often religious women themselves, explore the ways in which their subjects are pushing at the traditional patriarchal structures that have confined and controlled women’s behavior. Significantly, these works examine women’s modes of empowerment without disavowing the religious frameworks in which the women are operating. Thus, a distinction is created that nuances the difference between religion, and men’s use of religion to limit women. At the heart of 93Queen is the question of whether the women of Borough Park advocating for

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Published: Aug 11, 2020

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