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Jewish Feminism
T

he Jewish Communal 
Leadership Program and the 
Frankel Center for Judaic 
Studies at the University of Michigan, 
along with the Jewish Women’
s 
Archive, have planned a series of con-
versations March 13-15 on the role of 
Jews in American feminism.
From 7-9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 
March 13, at U-M’
s Museum of Art, 
there will be a welcome reception and 
screening of Heather Booth: Changing 
the World with Heather Booth.
On Thursday, March 14, from 
9 a.m.-5 p.m. will be the following 
sessions: From Radical to Feminist; 
Periphery and Core: The View from 
Ann Arbor; Adding Jewish to Feminist; 
and Claiming Identities: Lesbian Jews; 
Radical Politics and Secular Jewish 
Culture. From 7-9:30 p.m., the theme 
is “#MeToo in the Context of Jewish 
Feminism” with a short performance 
by Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals.
Sessions continue March 15 
from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and include 
Feminisms/Jewish Feminisms 
and the Complication(s) of Israel; 
Contemporary Leaders Consider 

the Legacies of Feminism; and U-M 
Students’
 Talk Back: Reflections on 
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions. 
All Thursday and Friday events take 
place at U-M School of Social Work, 
Room 1840. 
On Sunday, March 17, from noon-
3 p.m. the JCLP holds its annual 
Community Conversation event at the 
School of Social Work, Room 1840, 
where the theme will be “The Jewish 
Future is Feminist.
” 
Hear from three women who cen-
ter feminism as a Jewish value: April 
Baskin, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and 
Sarah Hurwitz, who will relate the 
legacies of Jewish feminism to what it 
means to confront today’
s opportuni-
ties and challenges. 
For more information, go to ssw.
umich.edu/r/Pa8. The event is free and 
open to the public. RSVP is requested 
and required for vegetarian lunch on 
Thursday and Friday. ■

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Beth Shalom’
s Women’
s Seder
Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak 
Park will hold its annual Women’
s 
Seder at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3. 
Women of all faiths are welcome. 
The program includes a kosher, 
Passover-style dinner. Vegetarian meals 
are available upon request.
Beth Shalom member Aviva 
Phillips will lead the program and 
Pamela Schiffer, cantor emerita of 
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East 
Lansing, will lead the singing. The 
program will celebrate women’
s contri-
butions to the Exodus from Egypt and 
throughout Jewish history. Participants 
will follow The Journey Continues: The 
Ma’
yan Passover Haggadah by Tamara 
R. Cohen.

Linda Bell chairs the Women’
s 
Seder committee. Working with her 
are Nathalie Conrad, Mandy Garver, 
Sherri Gelb, Fran Hildebrandt, Shelia 
Levine, Aviva Phillips, Marie Slotnick 
and Gretchen Weiner.
Reservations are $30 for adults 
and $10 for girls ages 5 to 12. “
Angel” 
sponsorships are welcome at $54 and 
“Benefactor” sponsorships are $72. 
Anonymous sponsorships for guests at 
$30 are also welcome.
Paid reservations must be made 
by March 29. Mail checks to 
Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 
Lincoln, Oak Park. For details or res-
ervations, call (248) 547-7970 or email 
cbs@congbethshalom.org.

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Israeli Election Coverage
The Atlanta-based Center for Israel 
Education has launched a special 
section on its website, israeled.org, to 
provide a variety of resources related 
to the upcoming Israeli parliamentary 
elections.
At israeled.org/blog/elections, CIE 
is providing history, context and anal-
ysis of the Israeli election system, key 
issues, and the political parties and 
their leaders. The site offers articles, 
videos, infographics, educational 
activities and valuable links, with 

updates at least once a week until the 
Knesset elections April 9.
Election topics to be covered 
include the role of religion, cultural 
influences and Israel’
s political evo-
lution over 20 elections since 1949. 
Initial items in the section include a 
video of Professor Doron Shultziner 
discussing Israel’
s democratic norms 
and how they hold without a con-
stitution and a five-part timeline of 
Israel’
s election history. ■

