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SUMMARY:Radical Orthodoxy and the Controversy over Women's Education
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 Presenter: Ilan Fuchs, visiting scholar, University 
 of Michigan\n
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 Ilan Fuchs examines how 
 Satmar rabbinic authorities interpret halachic 
 texts about women's education in a non-traditional 
 way that limits the educational advancement 
 of women. In contrast to the Orthodox 
 rabbinate, which did allow some study of Mishnah 
 and Tanach for women, Fuchs' findings indicate 
 that Satmar rabbinic authorities grossly 
 minimize Jewish women's accessibility to Torah 
 study, thereby losing the most important 
 tool in their fight against assimilation and 
 secularization: education. Co-sponsored by James 
 Madison College, Department of Religious 
 Studies, and the Center for Gender in Global 
 Context.\n
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 Price: free and open to the public\n
 Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://events.msu.edu/jewishstudies/\n
 Contact name: Jewish Studies\n
 Contact phone: (517) 432-3493\n
 Contact email: jewishst@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Wells Hall B-342
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