title: “Sexuality, Modesty and Niddah in the 21st Century” start: 2012-05-20 start time: 18:30 end time: 21:30 tags: JOFA feminism feminismo feminismus intersectional jofaorg womenrights womensvisibilty links: Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/858483814198563/ description: Frank discussions of sexuality, modesty and laws of family purity remain largely taboo in the public arena. Join Yeshivat Maharat, the revolutionary seminary training female spiritual leaders, as its students, faculty, and guest lecturers expose, interpret, and challenge these areas of contemporary and ancient wisdom. Session Options Include: • Menstrual Practices of Muslim and Jewish Women: Worlds Apart? Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Dean of Yeshivat Maharat and Imam Shaykh Abdallah Adhami, founder and chair of Sakeenah, a not-for-profit, independent educational foundation dedicated to the sacred Islamic Sciences. Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Maharat will moderate. • Spirituality and Sensuality, Erin Leib Smokler, Director of Spiritual Development at Yeshivat Maharat • Between Anger and Apologetics: Finding Meaning in Hilkhot Niddah, Ruth Balinsky Friedman, Yeshivat Maharat Student • Modesty: The Naked Truth, Rori Picker Neiss, Yeshivat Maharat Student • Sexual Symbols in the Temple, Dr. Anat Sharbat, Yeshivat Maharat