“Sexuality, Modesty and Niddah in the 21st Century”

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