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Channa

Pinchasi

Director of Maskilot and Research Fellow

Dr. Channa Pinchasi is a Research Fellow in the Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. She is the Director of the Maskilot program and guides research teams at the Center for Judaism and the State Policy. Channa was the Deputy Director of Be’eri and Director of the Be’eri School for Teacher Education at the Institute for 7 years.

She received her PhD in gender studies from Bar-Ilan University, where her thesis offered a feminist interpretation of Midrash Eicha Rabba, and was a member of the inaugural graduating class of Maskilot.

From 2001-2004, Channa was a representative of the Education Department of the Jewish Agency in Canada. Upon returning to Israel, she founded and led the Cheder Mishelach forum for influential female leaders in Israeli society to learn about the challenges that feminism poses to Jewish life today. Along with academic writing and extensive educational work, Channa is also engaged in journalistic writing.

She lives in Jerusalem with her family.

Channa Pinchasi

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May 18, 2023

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Apr 22, 2020

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Mar 20, 2020

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Sep 26, 2019

Each of us can be righteous and if we choose to be upright, we will be blessed with joy.

Jun 20, 2019

From the Shabbat Queen to women "writing Shabbat," women are privileged to play a role in shaping the personal, communal, and national Shabbat of our day.

May 5, 2019

Will IDF rabbis put fallen soldiers who converted to Judaism into a diminished category?

Mar 10, 2019

The Book of Esther has a happy ending; but what happened to Esther afterwards, when the parties and celebrations were over and life returned to normal.

Jul 19, 2018

Our sages were able to point out their deficiencies, thus showing us the way to self-correction and salvation

Dec 12, 2012

Even when men prepare the food and women eat it, something within us remains the same.

Dec 29, 2011

Women must be seen as people, not sexual objects.

Feb 18, 2010

Authority and charisma, accompanied by spiritual and religious power, create an opening for sexual abuse.

Jun 18, 2009

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May 21, 2009

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