Israeli Women's Midrashim after October 7th, Tamar Biala

Tamar Biala, HBI Research Associate 

Together we will read midrashim written by women from Kibbutzim Kfar Azza and Nir Oz, sharing their experiences from Oct. 7 and afterwards. We will also share midrashim written by other Israeli women from around the country that address issues of captivity, displacement. They all ask, “Where was God on October 7th?”

Tamar Biala is engaged with Jewish feminism as a writer and lecturer. Over the last decade she has published two volumes of midrashim written by contemporary Israeli women, Dirshuni — Midreshei Nashim (Yediot Acharonot, 2009, 2018); Volume 1 was co-edited with Nehama Weingarten-Mintz. The English edition of Dirshuni was published in June 2022.