Women and Judaism with Elisha Gechter

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019 (All day)

This 6-part series, taught by Elisha Gechter, focuses on all things Jewish and female. It will discuss topics from traditional women’s rituals (shabbat candels, baking challah) to ways women mark time, and even the taboo (sex, dress). Explore where the concepts come from, how practices have evolved and how we can interpret for our modern lives. The conversations will be text based and open. This class open to all genders, sexual orientations, in any relationship status, with any (or no) Jewish background. Tuesdays and 1 Friday, 7-9 p.m., July 16, 23, 30; August 2, 6, 13 Cambridge Facilitator: Elisha Gechter Tuition: $75, plenty of financial aid available, contact Eser@hebrewcollege.edu for more information.