Lectures and Seminars
UPCOMING CONFERENCE:
JOFA, March 14 2010, Columbia University, New York
“The Be an Orthodox Man Box”
The Orthodox community sends messages to boys and men about what it means to “be a man.” Understanding these messages is vital for developing a healthy identity and for creating a vibrant community that is reflective, sensitive, and aware of the social and emotional needs of its members. The talk is based on independent qualitative research among Orthodox men.
“Torah Im Shivyon:” A Vision of Orthodox Feminist Education
The changes in Orthodoxy over the past three decades have failed to find parallel expression in the Orthodox school system. From preschool on, schools continue to send the message that women are predominately charged with the home, and men are in charge of prayer and ritual. Dr. Sztokman will discuss her vision of Orthodox Day School education that incorporates the values of equality, feminism and social justice intertwined with Jewish life and tradition – with perspectives on feminism for girls and feminism for boys.
RECENT CONFERENCE:
Conservative Judaism: Halakhah, Culture and Sociology at the Van Leer Institute, Dec 29-30 2009
To see a list of some available topics for engagement, click here. For more information, or to book a talk or consultation, email Elana at: elana dot sztokman (at) gmail dot com.
* The “Be an Orthodox Man Box”, Bar Ilan Institute for Contemporary Jewry, November 2009
* Women and religious power in Israel. Israel Women’s Network mission for Minnesota State Senator
* Orthodox masculinity. Kolech Conference 2009
“Just Not Reform: How Orthodox Men construct Religion and Gender“, Van Leer Institute, Seminar on Conservative Jewry, with Prof Avinoam Rosenak, April 2008
“Quandaries of feminist ethnography among Orthodox men,” Israeli Society of Qualitative Research, February 2008
“The ‘Be and Orthodox Man’ Box“, Israeli Sociological Society, February 2008
Pre bar-bat Mitzvah Education in an Ortho-Egal Community — Workshop series in Kehillat Darchei Noam, Modi’in, Israel,
November 2007-January 2008
“The Invisibles: Ethnic and socioeconomic margins of Jewish schooling.” Melton Center for Jewish education, Hebrew University Jerusalem, June 2006
“On fear, faith and crisis: lessons from schooling through the Intifada.”
”Doing Gender in Orthodox Day Schools” Network for Research in Jewish Education,” New York, Hebrew Union College, June 2006
“Panoptical Prayer and other practices: Rethinking girls’ prayer in religious schools” Gender and Religion Conference, Bar Ilan University, Program for Gender Studies, May 2006
“Gender and religious education.” Forum Kolech, Modi’in, Israel, November 2005
“The rhetoric of tzniut in the construction of religious identity”, Kolech Conference, Jerusalem, June 2005
“Building healthy relationships”, Mount Scopus Annual Year 11 Jewish Studies Conference, March 2005
“Perspectives on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.” Melbourne University Department of History, Histories in Conflict, Panel discussion series, September 2004
“Gender issues in Jewish education,” ZFA Jewish Educators’ Conference, Melbourne.
“Israel education in challenging times.” ZFA Jewish Educators’ Conference, Melbourne, August 2004
“Gender and ethnicity in the identities of female religious teachers.” Efrata Religious Teacher Training Institute, Annual Conference, Jerusalem, June 2004
“Feminist perspectives on the Book of Ruth,” Limmud Oz, Melbourne
“To love Israel until it hurts,” Limmud Oz, Melbourne, June 2004
“How do you know he’s Mister Right?” Mount Scopus Memorial College Year Eleven Annual Conference, Melbourne, June 2004
“Gender issues in Orthodox Jewish Education,” JOFA Conference, New York
“Beyond Kallah Classes: Premarital Education in the Orthodox Community.” JOFA Conference, New York, Feb 2004 .
“Biblical heroines,” Limmud Oz, Sydney
“Domestic violence in the Jewish community: International perspectives.” Limmud Oz, Sydney, June 2003
“Getting through the Beit Din”, Pardes Yom Iyun for Rabbinical Students on Women in Jewish Marriage and Divorce, Jerusalem, June 2002
“Educational innovations for abuse prevention among religious women,” The JOFA Conference in Israel, Jerusalem, May 2002
“Education as prevention and empowerment,” ICAR Retreat (International Coalition of Agunah Rights), Jerusalem, April 2002
“Women and the divorce process in Israel: An Overview”, Hebrew Union College, Seminar for Rabbinical Students on The Status of Women in Israel, Jerusalem, Dec 2001
“Working with agunot in Jerusalem”, New Israel Fund Annual Conference on Social Activism in Israel, Jerusalem, July 2001
“Agunot as the greatest challenge to Orthodoxy”, The Annual Kolech Conference, Jerusalem, May 2000
last updated 11/09
