Jan Zauzmer, at The Blogs

Dec 5, 2018, 7:17 PM

A Hanukkah Switcheroo: A Feminist Twist on the Holiday Narrative

Last spring, I gave the Passover story a feminist makeover in a Lilith piece titled Why You Should Control+F Your Passover Hagaddah. With a few nips and tucks, the history of the Exodus became herstory. Let’s fiddle with the Hanukkah...

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Jan Zauzmer is a past president of a large Union of Reform Judaism congregation in Pennsylvania, and her writings have appeared in JTA, Kveller, Patheos, Daily Kos, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Lilith, ReformJudaism.org, and Moment.

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