Real learning, real teaching

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: February 22, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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Headline: Real learning, real teaching Byline: Grace B. Macmillan Edition; In Jerusalem Section: Features Page: 04

Friday, February 22, 2002 -- More than 2,000 years ago in Persia, one woman saved the Jewish people by mastering the ins and outs of palace intrigue. Today, a handful of women in Jerusalem are saving their people by mastering the nuances of Torah.

In the secular world, the idea of a woman as hero is not unusual. Women doctors save lives. Women lawyers help enact justice. Businesswomen head companies.

Yet in the Orthodox Jewish world, opportunities for women ...

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