CW// sexual assault/r*peWhat do Talmudic texts about vaginal bleeding and sexual assault tell us about how the rabbis perceived women’s humanity and subjectivity? Is a true gender-egalitarian halakha even possible?This is the second part of an interview. Listen to part one <a href='https://interleaved.buzzsprout.com/925780/11215777-ketubot-no-1-body-politics'>here</a>.Dr. Rebecca Kamholz holds a PhD in rabbinics from Yale University. Her areas of focus are gender theory and legal texts about women in the Babylonian Talmud. Her dissertation, <a href='https://www.proquest.com/openview/a077f51edf9e4a57f35fa07d3488c3a6/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;cbl=18750&amp;diss=y'>Virginity in the Babylonian Talmud: Sex, Identity, and Epistemology</a>, focused on legal and cultural questions around the definition and verification of virginity in the Talmud. Special thanks to our executive producer, <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/adina-karp-916a8816b/'>Adina Karp</a>View a source sheet for this episode <a href='http://www.sefaria.org/sheets/431534'>here</a>.Keep up with Interleaved on <a href='https://www.facebook.com/Interleavedpod'>Facebook</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/interleaved_pod'>Twitter</a>. Music from <a href='https://filmmusic.io'>https://filmmusic.io</a>&quot;Midnight Tale&quot; by Kevin MacLeod (<a href='https://incompetech.com'>https://incompetech.com</a>)License: CC BY (<a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>)

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CW// sexual assault/r*pe&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do Talmudic texts about vaginal bleeding and sexual assault tell us about how the rabbis perceived women’s humanity and subjectivity? Is a true gender-egalitarian halakha even possible?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the second part of an interview. Listen to part one &lt;a href='https://interleaved.buzzsprout.com/925780/11215777-ketubot-no-1-body-politics'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dr. Rebecca Kamholz holds a PhD in rabbinics from Yale University. Her areas of focus are gender theory and legal texts about women in the Babylonian Talmud. Her dissertation, &lt;a href='https://www.proquest.com/openview/a077f51edf9e4a57f35fa07d3488c3a6/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;amp;cbl=18750&amp;amp;diss=y'&gt;Virginity in the Babylonian Talmud: Sex, Identity, and Epistemology&lt;/a&gt;, focused on legal and cultural questions around the definition and verification of virginity in the Talmud. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Special thanks to our executive producer, &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/adina-karp-916a8816b/'&gt;Adina Karp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;View a source sheet for this episode &lt;a href='http://www.sefaria.org/sheets/431534'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep up with Interleaved on &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/Interleavedpod'&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/interleaved_pod'&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Music from &lt;a href='https://filmmusic.io'&gt;https://filmmusic.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Midnight Tale&amp;quot; by Kevin MacLeod (&lt;a href='https://incompetech.com'&gt;https://incompetech.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;License: CC BY (&lt;a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'&gt;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description>

CW// sexual assault/r*pe What do Talmudic texts about vaginal bleeding and sexual assault tell us about how the rabbis perceived women’s humanity and subjectivity? Is a true gender-egalitarian halakha even possible? This is the second part of an interview. Listen to part one here. Dr. Rebecca Kamholz holds a PhD in rabbinics from Yale University. Her areas of focus are gender theory and legal texts about women in the Babylonian Talmud. Her dissertation, Virginity in the Babylonian Talmud: Sex...

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Ketubot No.2: Halakhic Woman

Ketubot No.2: Halakhic Woman

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