Feminist Midrashim
What is "midrash"?
“torah fan fiction”, stories written to resolve questions or discrepancies in the Torah text
When did Miriam lead the women in song?
After the Israelites had crossed the Red sea
Is “Miriam’s Song” an example of feminist midrash?
Who are Shiphrah and Puah and what brave thing did they do?
Midwives, defied pharoah’s orders to kill all first born Jewish boys
Why did people start writing feminist midrashim in the 1970s?
Because the Torah focusses on the stories of men, and people wanted to fix this imbalance by considering the experiences of the women mentioned.
Which of these women is not a key character of the Passover story? Yocheved, Miriam, Puah, Leah
Leah
Who is Judith Plaskow?
Early Jewish feminist and theologian, wrote feminist midrashim, particularly “The Coming of Lilith”
Which book of the Torah is the Passover story in?
Exodus