LUNCH& LEARN CONGREGATION BETH HAMINYAN Summer Lunch & Learn Karen Skinazi on "Women of Valour" Shabbat, July 27, 2019 Come and hear Karen Skinazi at Beth Haminyan Services 9:30 AM, West Prep School, 70 Ridge Hill Drive (near Bathurst and Eglinton, Toronto) Kiddush lunch and learning around 12 noon Ancient Jewish women were unapologetically bold and highly rewarded for their strength of character.Why do so many of today's images of Orthodox and Haredi women (as in films like Felix et Meira and Disobedience) portray pious Jewish women as downtrodden and voiceless? In her talk, Karen Skinazi will argue for reclaiming the scriptural depictions of powerful Jewish womanhood. Karen E. H.Skinazi is the author of Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture. She is a Senior Teaching Fellow and Director of Liberal Arts at the University of Bristol in the UK LUNCH& LEARN CONGREGATION BETH HAMINYAN Summer Lunch & Learn Karen Skinazi on "Women of Valour" Shabbat, July 27, 2019 Come and hear Karen Skinazi at Beth Haminyan Services 9:30 AM, West Prep School, 70 Ridge Hill Drive (near Bathurst and Eglinton, Toronto) Kiddush lunch and learning around 12 noon Ancient Jewish women were unapologetically bold and highly rewarded for their strength of character.Why do so many of today's images of Orthodox and Haredi women (as in films like Felix et Meira and Disobedience) portray pious Jewish women as downtrodden and voiceless? In her talk, Karen Skinazi will argue for reclaiming the scriptural depictions of powerful Jewish womanhood. Karen E. H.Skinazi is the author of Women of Valor: Orthodox Jewish Troll Fighters, Crime Writers, and Rock Stars in Contemporary Literature and Culture. She is a Senior Teaching Fellow and Director of Liberal Arts at the University of Bristol in the UK