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Creator:  Agunah, Inc.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Agunah Inc. response to the Beth Din of America  
 Dates:  1998 
 Call No:  2000.018 
 Abstract:  Agunah Inc., also known as Agunah International, is an organization that provides assistance to women whose husbands refuse to grant them Jewish divorces, causing the women to become agunot (chained women) and unable to remarry according to Jewish law. The collection consists of a pamphlet entitled "Agunah Inc. Replies to the Beth Din of America," written by Susan Aranoff in response to criticism and condemnation of it by the Beth Din of America, an Orthodox rabbinic court serving the Jewish community of North America. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Agunahs | Divorce (Jewish law) | Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish women -- Religious life | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law) 
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 Title:  Washington Heights Congregation Records  
 Dates:  1911-2013 
 Call No:  2019.003 
 Abstract:  Minutes of meetings, synagogue bulletins, administrative and legal documents constitute the bulk of the Washington Heights Congregation Records collection. 
 Size:  1.75 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Jewish cemeteries - New Jersey - Rochelle Park | Jewish cemeteries--New York Metropolitan Area | Jewish women -- Religious life | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York 
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 Title:  Feminism and Orthodoxy collection  
 Dates:  1997-1998 
 Call No:  2000.017 
 Abstract:  The collection contains packets from the 1st and 2nd International Conferences on Feminism and Orthodoxy, which are sponsored by the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, an organization founded by Blu Greenberg in 1997. Also included are articles (originals and photocopies) on feminism and Orthodoxy, and a photocopy of the Vaad HaRabonim of Queens statement forbidding women's prayer groups. 
 Size:  3 folders 
 Subjects:  Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Congresses | Jewish women -- Religious life | Jewish women -- Religious life -- Congresses | Orthodox Judaism | Orthodox Judaism -- Congresses | Women in Judaism | Women in Judaism -- Congresses