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- Title
Gender, Ethnicity, and Intersectionality: Mizrahi Identity and the Ultra-Orthodox Feminist Movement in Israel.
- Authors
Suzin, Asher; Banai, Ayelet; Cahaner, Lee
- Abstract
Prior to the Israeli parliamentary elections in 2013, the No Voice, No Vote Facebook group was created, for the first time calling for women not to vote for ultra-Orthodox parties in Israel as long as they did not include women on their electoral list. This study, based on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 15 ultra-Orthodox feminist women in Israel, examines the extent to which the Mizrahi identity of ultra-Orthodox feminist women has motivated the formation of the ultra-Orthodox feminist movement. The results show that the Mizrahi identity has a dominant presence in the ultra-Orthodox feminist movement and reveals parallels and similarities between Mizrahi feminism, Black feminism, and ultra-Orthodox feminism in Israel. As several key members of the movement are excluded from society due to multiple identity categories, the theory of intersectionality can explain the emergence of ultra-Orthodox feminism in Israel. Nevertheless, this article argues that intersectionality offers only a limited explanation in the case of the ultra-Orthodox feminist movement in Israel.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; ULTRA-Orthodox Jews; FEMINISM; BLACK feminism; INTERSECTIONALITY; GENDER; VOTING; ETHNICITY; BOYCOTTS
- Publication
Contemporary Jewry, 2023, Vol 43, Issue 3/4, p573
- ISSN
0147-1694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12397-023-09519-5