Elana Sztokman

For Serious Jewish Women

Contact/Speaking Engagements

I would like to help Jewish communities and organizations around the world develop a vision of education, social justice and spirituality. I would like to work with people seeking to make real change, and help people realize their dreams of a better world.

UPCOMING CONFERENCE:
Conservative Judaism: Halakhah, Culture and Sociology at the Van Leer Institute, Dec 29-30 2009

Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman is available for speaking engagements and educational/communal consulting.

Areas of expertise include:

  • A View from the Galleys: Gender issues in religious Jewish life
  • Skirts, Snoods and Smiles: Gender issues in Jewish education
  • Prayer and the Other: Spirituality and social awareness in Jewish education
  • Looks and lollipops: Adolescent religious girls in school
  • Orthodox masculinity: The “Be an Orthodox Man” Box
  • “You want to know if I’m a wimp?” Feminism for boys
  • Beyond gender: Educating for strong girls/sensitive boys
  • For making me a woman: The creation of Body in Orthodoxy
  • The agunah catastrophe: Problems and solutions in Israel/problems and solutions outside Israel
  • Learning to care: Educating for social awareness
  • Beyond Golda: Politics and gender in Israel 
  • Eve’s Garden: The status of women in Israeli society
  • Mothers, daughters, and women with no name: Images of biblical women/Images of me

For inquiries, contact Elana at elana.sztokman (at) gmail dot com.