Historically, most well-known documents in Jewish languages have been penned by men. However, Jewish women have also recorded their voices in writing and in song. At the Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Jewish Language Project, we searched for Jewish women’s voices throughout history. We found documents and recordings in twenty languages (some with multiple dialects) from the tenth century to the present, including letters, poetry, memoirs, lullabies, translations of religious texts, and more. To give a sense of the chronological, geographic, and linguistic... Read More
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Sarah Bunin Benor and Abby Graham
on Wed 2 Nov 2022
Has tags: Dunash b. Labrat, Genizah Fragments, language, letter, widow, Women
Melonie Schmierer-Lee
on Thu 9 Dec 2021
Our Throwback Thursday this week is taken from issue 63 of the printed edition of Genizah Fragments, published in April 2012, by Oded Zinger:
One of the pleasures of Genizah research in Cambridge is the way one stumbles across fascinating human stories while leafing through the Collection. Though my dissertation research revolves around marital disputes in the Genizah, when examining some of the documentary... Read MoreHas tags: Abraham Maimonides, agunah, Genizah Fragments, Mosseri, petition, widow