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Class:RS 0203 - Women in Judaism
Subject:Religious Studies
University:Fairfield University
Term:Fall 2011
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Mokh
A contraceptive device used by Jewish women dating back to rabbinic times
Tkhines
These are ‘supplications’-personal private prayers usually written in Yiddish for use by Jewish women in the 17th and 18th centuries, at first most of these prayers were thought to have been written by men; reflecting women’s concerns and rituals. These supplications were to be used in the privacy of their own homes at times convenient for them
Firgozerin
In the early modern period, a learned woman who lead the women’s section of the synagogue in ritual and prayer, often tkihines
Tsenerena
This was called the “women’s Bible,” it contained homilies on the Torah portion of the week, recited in the Women’s section of the synagogue; first published around 1600
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Haskalah
the Jewish Enlightenment, which emerged in Europe in the early 19th Century
Maskilm
Jewish adherents of the Haskalah
Shtetl
a type of village in Europe where Jews lived in the 17th to 19th centuries
Yiddish
this was the language of the Jews communities in the Diaspora; most common version of Yiddish was that spoken in Germany, Poland, and Russia, which was a combination of Hebrew and German.
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Mehitzah
the separation barrier erected in Orthodox synagogues to separate the men’s and women’s sections of the sanctuary
Kaddish
Prayer said in memory of the dead during periods of mourning and on the anniversary of death
Pale of Settlement
The section in Russia in which Jews were permitted to live in the 19th century
Bund
General Jewish Labor Organization of Russia and Poland which emerged in the 19th-20th centuries. Which offered Jewish women the opportunity to take an active part in its decision making
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Yishuv
The Jewish community in Palestine prior to founding the state of Israel on May 14, 1948
Zionism
the belief and movement towards to establishment of a homeland in Palestine for the Jewish people
Halutz/ah
the name given to men/women pioneers in the Yishuv
Kvutzah
the precursor of the kibbutz; small collective farm where all share in the working and governing of the farm. Usually 20-30 members
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Kibbutz
Collective farms in established in the pre-state Israel beginning around 1906, founded upon principles of socialism and gender equality
Aliyah
This has two meanings. One is to be called up to the Torah; 2) to emigrate to Israel with the intention of making it one’s permanent home
Hadassah
First women’s Zionist organization in the United States, founded by Henrietta Szold in 1912. It was focused on bringing health care and other services to women and children in the Yishuv and later Israel.
Reform Judaism
A branch of Judaism that emerged in 18th century Europe and posed the first direct challenge to the authority of traditional Judaism; it is the second largest movement in Judaism in America today
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 Mokh
A contraceptive device used by Jewish women dating back to rabbinic times
 Tkhines
These are ‘supplications’-personal private prayers usually written in Yiddish for use by Jewish women in the 17th and 18th centuries, at first most of these prayers were thought to have been written by men; reflecting women’s concerns and rituals. These supplications were to be used in the privacy of their own homes at times convenient for them
 Firgozerin
In the early modern period, a learned woman who lead the women’s section of the synagogue in ritual and prayer, often tkihines
 Tsenerena
This was called the “women’s Bible,” it contained homilies on the Torah portion of the week, recited in the Women’s section of the synagogue; first published around 1600
 Haskalah
the Jewish Enlightenment, which emerged in Europe in the early 19th Century
 Maskilm
Jewish adherents of the Haskalah
 Shtetl
a type of village in Europe where Jews lived in the 17th to 19th centuries
 Yiddish
this was the language of the Jews communities in the Diaspora; most common version of Yiddish was that spoken in Germany, Poland, and Russia, which was a combination of Hebrew and German.
 Mehitzah
the separation barrier erected in Orthodox synagogues to separate the men’s and women’s sections of the sanctuary
 Kaddish
Prayer said in memory of the dead during periods of mourning and on the anniversary of death
 Pale of Settlement
The section in Russia in which Jews were permitted to live in the 19th century
 Bund
General Jewish Labor Organization of Russia and Poland which emerged in the 19th-20th centuries. Which offered Jewish women the opportunity to take an active part in its decision making
 Yishuv
The Jewish community in Palestine prior to founding the state of Israel on May 14, 1948
 Zionism
the belief and movement towards to establishment of a homeland in Palestine for the Jewish people
 Halutz/ah
the name given to men/women pioneers in the Yishuv
 Kvutzah
the precursor of the kibbutz; small collective farm where all share in the working and governing of the farm. Usually 20-30 members
 Kibbutz
Collective farms in established in the pre-state Israel beginning around 1906, founded upon principles of socialism and gender equality
 Aliyah
This has two meanings. One is to be called up to the Torah; 2) to emigrate to Israel with the intention of making it one’s permanent home
 Hadassah
First women’s Zionist organization in the United States, founded by Henrietta Szold in 1912. It was focused on bringing health care and other services to women and children in the Yishuv and later Israel.
 Reform Judaism
A branch of Judaism that emerged in 18th century Europe and posed the first direct challenge to the authority of traditional Judaism; it is the second largest movement in Judaism in America today
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