Elisheva Carlebach and Debra Kaplan, “Matrons, Murderesses and Maidservants: New Voices of Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe”
This year, Fordham's Center for Jewish Studies brings programs touching on a theme of disagreement in Jewish history. This lecture is part of the series. In small villages, bustling cities, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe, Jewish women were increasingly active participants in the daily life of their communities, managing homes and professions, leading