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Elana Sztok­man

Dr. Elana Sztok­man is a Jew­ish fem­i­nist anthro­pol­o­gist, edu­ca­tor, activist, and author, and two-time win­ner of the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Award. Her most recent book is When Rab­bis Abuse: Pow­er, Gen­der, and Sta­tus in the Dynam­ics of Sex­u­al Abuse in Jew­ish Cul­ture (Lioness Books, 2022).

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    30 Days, 30 Authors: Elana Maryles Sztokman

    Cel­e­brate Jew­ish Book Month with #30days30authors! In hon­or of the 90th anniver­sary of Fan­ny Gold­stein’s trib­ute to Jew­ish books in the West End’s branch of the Boston…
    Elana Sztok­man
    November 29, 2015
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    10 Ways You Can Pro­mote Gen­der Equal­i­ty in Your Local School

    Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Elana Maryles Sztok­man wrote about sev­en places where reli­gious rad­i­cal­ism threat­ens wom­en’s well-being in Israel and ten inspir­ing ways that…
    Elana Sztok­man
    May 16, 2014
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    10 Inspir­ing Ways That Women Are Fight­ing for Jus­tice in Israel

    Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Elana Maryles Sztok­man wrote about sev­en places where reli­gious rad­i­cal­ism threat­ens wom­en’s well-being in Israel. She is the author of the…
    Elana Sztok­man
    May 14, 2014
    Essay

    7 Places Where Reli­gious Rad­i­cal­ism Threat­ens Women’s Well-Being in Israel

    Dr. Elana Maryles Sztok­man is for­mer exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Jew­ish Ortho­dox Fem­i­nist Alliance (JOFA). She is the author of the forth­com­ing The War on Women in…
    Elana Sztok­man
    May 13, 2014
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    The War on Women in Israel: A Sto­ry of Reli­gious Rad­i­cal­ism and the Women Fight­ing for Freedom
    Elana Sztok­man
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    Edu­cat­ing in the Divine Image: Gen­der Issues in Ortho­dox Jew­ish Day Schools
    Chaya Rosenfeld Gorsetman and Elana Maryles Sztokman
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    The Men’s Sec­tion: Ortho­dox Jew­ish Men in an Egal­i­tar­i­an World
    Elana Sztok­man
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    Din­ners with Ruth: A Mem­oir on the Pow­er of Friendships
    Nina Toten­berg

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