People often assume that the history of medieval women is a story of oppression and subjugation. However, a wide array of texts and images reveal the agency and determination of Jewish women as they negotiated family, love, sex, work, faith, and crisis in the medieval past. In this talk, Sarah Ifft Decker will offer an introduction to the lived experiences of Jewish women in the medieval world, from the Iberian Peninsula to Northern Europe to the Middle East. Through both the stories of individual women and an overview of broader trends, Ifft Decker will demonstrate that studying Jewish women is crucial to a richer understanding of Jewish history.
December 18, 2022 at 2 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

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Maya Soifer Irish (December 9, 2022). Virtual talk: “Jewish Women in the Medieval World, 500-1500 CE,” with Sarah Ifft Decker. medievalJewishStudiesNow! Retrieved April 18, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rhvz