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lemoshl: for example
di kurve the whore
a woman who acknowledges her passions
di yidene the Jewess the Jewish woman
ignorant overbearing
let’s face it: every woman is one
di yente the gossip…
Contributor:
Irena Klepfisz
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1990
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What does it mean to study women’s religion? How are we to define our subject matter? How are we to understand the relationship of the history of women’s religious life and practice to the history of…
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Chava Weissler
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Bethlehem, United States of America
Date:
1998
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“Hey, hey, out of my way!” shouted a driver from the seat of his coach as he nearly ran into two women standing in the middle of the busiest street in Glupsk, both carrying…
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Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim), Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)
Places:
Žitómir, Russian Empire
(Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Date:
1878
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Isaac bar Yuda Reutlingen
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1580–1600
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All the letters in this beautiful new prayer book,
from beginning to end, I set with my own hands.
Gele, daughter of R. Moses the printer
and Frau Freide, who bore me among ten children, may they…
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Gele bat Moses ben Abraham Ger
Places:
Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg
(Halle, Germany)
Date:
1710
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Morning flew by in the usual way,
Up and down streets, it raced,
Unwinding the spring of an ongoing watch
That the night would wind up again.
A coat was fastened over the chest
With a clasp and a…
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Elizaveta Polonskaya
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1927
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I set the Yiddish letters with my own hands.
Elle, daughter of the respected rabbi Moses from Holland.
I am not more than nine years old.
Among six children I am the only daughter.
Therefore, if you…
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Behrend Lehmann, Elle bat Moses ben Abraham Ger
Places:
Dessau, Holy Roman Empire
(Dessau, Germany)
Date:
1696
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King Solomon, peace be upon him, says in…
Contributor:
Rebecca Tiktiner
Places:
Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Tykocin, Poland)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century