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Jewish Women's Archive - Go & Learn
Tefillin Barbie: Considering gender and ritual garb
Do women in your community wear tefillin and tallit when they pray? Do you? For many, the relationship between gender and ritual garb is still evolving, as women and men consider their personal and communal associations with these objects and practices. This edition of Go & Learn uses the provocative image of "Tefillin Barbie" – created in 2006 by soferet (ritual scribe) Jen Taylor Friedman – to explore issues of gender, ritual, and body image.
We have created 3 lesson plans based on "Tefillin Barbie."
* For youth:
Tefillin Barbie: Body image and gender roles in Judaism (PDF)
* For family/congregational education:
Barbie wears Tefillin, do you? Exploring ritual garb (PDF)
* For adults:
Barbie lays Tefillin: Discussing women and Jewish ritual (PDF)
The rest of it's rather impressive, as well. I'm entirely charmed by the JWA's choosing to use my work as a springboard for discussing some really fundamental issues.
Tefillin Barbie: Considering gender and ritual garb
Do women in your community wear tefillin and tallit when they pray? Do you? For many, the relationship between gender and ritual garb is still evolving, as women and men consider their personal and communal associations with these objects and practices. This edition of Go & Learn uses the provocative image of "Tefillin Barbie" – created in 2006 by soferet (ritual scribe) Jen Taylor Friedman – to explore issues of gender, ritual, and body image.
We have created 3 lesson plans based on "Tefillin Barbie."
* For youth:
Tefillin Barbie: Body image and gender roles in Judaism (PDF)
* For family/congregational education:
Barbie wears Tefillin, do you? Exploring ritual garb (PDF)
* For adults:
Barbie lays Tefillin: Discussing women and Jewish ritual (PDF)
The rest of it's rather impressive, as well. I'm entirely charmed by the JWA's choosing to use my work as a springboard for discussing some really fundamental issues.