Breaking the Taboo: Ritual Impurity in Israeli and American Jewish Feminist Art.

The article examines works by two Orthodox artists, an American, Mierle Laderman Ukeles (b. 1939) and an Israeli, Hagit Molgan (b. 1972), both concerned with the Jewish laws and rituals of niddah (menstruation) and tevilah (immersion). The analysis of the similarities and differences between works f...

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Published in:	Israel Studies Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 29 - 56
Main Author:	Sperber, David
Format:	Article
Published:	Indiana University Press Summer2023
Subjects:	Israel American Jews Rites & ceremonies Patronage Taboo Feminist art Jewish law
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