B'not Esh

B'not Esh ("Daughters of Fire") is a Jewish feminist collective based in the United States that was founded in 1981,[1] the group sought to define a reconstructed feminist view of the Jewish tradition and defines itself as a Jewish Feminist Spirituality Collective.[2] The group's basic position is that the Jewish spirituality of women is a political struggle.[3]

  1. ^ "B'not Esh Founding Letter". Jewish Women's Archive.
  2. ^ Ackelsberg, M. A. (1986). Spirituality, Community, and Politics: B'not Esh and the Feminist Reconstruction of Judaism. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 2(2), 109-120.
  3. ^ Plaskow, J. (1995). Spirituality and politics: Lessons from B’not Esh. Tikkun, 10(3), 31-32.

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