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Article: Jewish Women Raise Their Voices for Change
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- December 19, 1996
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Rhonda Hoffman
Jewish Exponent
12-19-1996
Jewish Women Raise Their Voices for Change.
Making connections, building community, creating coalitions - these are all common phrases in the vocabulary of Dr. Shulamit Reinharz, who keynoted a recent outreach program sponsored by the Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.
Reinharz, director of women's studies and a professor of sociology at Brandeis University, based her talk on a groundbreaking 1995 study, "Voices for Change: Future Directions for American Jewish Women."
The study addressed some of the central concerns of American Jewish women today: building community, achieving equality, nurturing the soul and ...