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92NY Humanities Audio Collection

About Women

Reconciling Feminism and Judaism

Oct 22, 1991


Novelist and essayist Anne Roiphe speaks with author, journalist, and activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin about her new book, Deborah, Golda, and Me (1991). Pogrebin describes the book as an account of “two kinds of journeys” in her own life: a spiritual journey, as embodied by the biblical prophet Deborah, and a secular and political journey embodied by Golda Meir, the former Prime Minister of Israel. She speaks about the religious practices of her parents, her rebellion from and eventual return to “communal Judaism,” and her journey to political Zionism. Pogrebin especially emphasizes her struggle to reconcile her identity as a feminist and her identity as a Jew. She argues that it is vital that Jewish women are not “forced to choose” between their spiritual and political lives. The discussion is followed by questions from the audience.

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