Elana Sztokman

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Archive for September, 2005

On disengagement, menstruation and the politics of the female body

September 01, 2005 By: admin Category: Orthodox feminism, Religious Zionism

What does women’s menstruation have to do with disengagement? Everything, it would seem from recent arguments within religious Zionism. This is not surprising, of course. As usual, religious nationalist power struggles take place over the female body. Perhaps it all began thousands of years ago, when Moses was preparing the new Israelite nation for receiving the Torah. “Be [...] Read the rest of this entry →