Princess or Prisoner? Jewish Women Past and Present

Journey back in time to the Holy Land under the Ottoman Empire with Talia Carner’s novel Jerusalem Maiden, which depicts a woman’s struggle for freedom against her community’s religious dictates.

Then fast-forward to today as Dr. Phyllis Chesler explores how, since the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel, Judaic learning among Jewish women on both sides of the ocean has been revolutionary. Nevertheless, like the Jerusalem Maiden’s struggles, new battles are being fought against an increasing fundamentalism both in Israel and in the surrounding countries.