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Imah On The Bimah: Gender And The Roles Of Latin American Conservative Congregational Rabinas, Valeria N. Schindler Mar 2011

Imah On The Bimah: Gender And The Roles Of Latin American Conservative Congregational Rabinas, Valeria N. Schindler

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The aim of this research is to analyze the impact of gender on the work of Latin American rabinas within Conservative congregations in Latin America. The fact that women’s roles in Latin America and in Judaism have been traditionally linked to nurturing and caring serves as the point of departure for my hypothesis, which is that the role rabinas play within their congregations is also linked to those traits. In this research I utilize a social scientific approach and qualitative methodology, conducting personal interviews with the rabinas. While this work proves that Conservative congregations in Latin America are gendered, my …


If A Calvinist Had Coffee With A Feminist, Julia K. Stronks Mar 2011

If A Calvinist Had Coffee With A Feminist, Julia K. Stronks

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Dr. Julia Stronks presented this paper at the Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference at Dordt College, April 2010.