Shira D. Epstein, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor of Jewish Education at Jewish Theological Seminary. 11-year-old Tali anxiously approaches a female teacher, who then summons both Tali and her friends into the day school’s library for an impromptu conference. Nervous...

Naomi Marmon Grumet is completing her doctorate in Sociology at Bar Ilan- University. Her research focus on sociological implications of the observance of the laws relating to niddah and mikvah. In 2005-2006 I conducted nearly fifty in-depth interviews with men and...

Chana Tannenbaum has taught Tanakh, Education and Psychology at the High School and University levels in Israel and the U.S. Mrs. Tannenbaum served as the founding Dean and Director of Shaalvim for Women, and received the Baumel Award as Yeshiva University's...

Chana Tannenbaum has taught Tanakh, Education and Psychology at the High School and University levels in Israel and the U.S. Mrs. Tannenbaum served as the founding Dean and Director of Shaalvim for Women, and received the Baumel Award as Yeshiva University's...

Miriam Hirsch is an Assistant Professor of Education at Stern College, Yeshiva University. Terry Astuto is a Professor of Educational Administration at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development, New York University. Read "What is a Gender...

Miriam Hirsch is an Assistant Professor of Education at Stern College, Yeshiva University. Terry Astuto is a Professor of Educational Administration at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development, New York University. Read the accompanying...