Educating in the Divine Image: Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools

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Index Page numbers in bold indicate tables. abstinence, 183, 185, 187, 194, 198, 201 Academy for Educational Development , 42 Acker, Sandra, 245 addiction, 97, 153 adult sexuality, 174–81, 193–96 Advanced Placement (AP) testing, 35, 38, 39 Advancing Women Professionals (AWP) and the Jewish Community, 262, 265, 267 afternoon prayers, 165, 167, 212 after-school socialization, 54–60, 303nn61–62 AIDS, 180 Albright, Madeleine, 97 all-boys schools, 111–14, 117–20 Alpert, Rebecca T., 5 Amazing Grace (Hoffman), 82 Ament, Amy Golubchik, 84 American Jewish Studies (AJS), 10 Amsel, Shira, 157 anorexia, 150–52 anti-gay language, 105, 192 anti-princess reading lists, 82 AP testing, 35, 38, 39 arranged marriages, 150–51, 187–90 articulated expectations, 275 arts, 55–56 athletics, 157–58, 158 attention deficit disorder, 43, 110 attitudes, teachers and students, 283 AVI CHAI Prize, 243 Aviner, Shlomo, 11–13, 48, 49, 162 Avnery, Judith, 59, 283 awareness, 269–72, 281 Axelrod, Emma, 272 Babcock, Linda, 33 Bacon, Brenda, 235 Bailey, Keren, 13–15, 272 Bar-Lev, Zeev, 200 bar mitzvahs, 234–38 bat mitzvahs, 6, 13–18, 232–38, 272–73, 297n26 Baumgartner, Alice, 33 Bechhofer, Shani, 18 Behar, Ruth, 63 Bentham, Jeremy, 218 Berzani, Asnat, 266 bestiality, 168–69 “Beyond the Rabba-Rousing” (Licht), 266 Bible, gender awareness in, 78–81 Bim and Bom: A Shabbat Tale (Swartz), 73 Black Swan (film), 153–54 Blumberg, Rae Lesser, 66–67 body commentary, 106, 141–42, 153, 276, 286 body dysmorphia, 160 body harm, 34, 150–57, 313–14n41, 314n42 body image, 157, 159–64, 198 body image disorders, 97, 153 body issues, 204, 286 body projects, 153 body shame, 155 books and curricula, 61–87; the Bible, 78–81; classroom ideas, 85–87; educational responses to, 82–85; Hebrew and Israeli children’s books, 340 index 67–72, 68–71; Jewish children’s books, 72–75; Jewish schoolbooks, 75–78; overview, 61–63; recommendations , 283–84; texts and formation of gender identity, 63–67 boy code, 43, 111, 119 boy crisis, 115–16, 205, 208, 238, 240 boys: dress code for, 164–67; Jewish ritual in schools, 238–40; and reading, arts, dance, and humanities, 56–57, 282; sex education for, 199–200 brain differences, gendered, 44, 113 Brodribb, S., 53 bullying, 102–9, 121, 192, 279 Campbell, Patricia B., 97, 109 Centrist Orthodox schools, gender segregation in, 89–90 chesed, 235, 238, 284 children’s books, 64–65, 67–72, 72–75, 82–85, 284, 306n50 Chizhik, Avital, 131, 168–69 Chodesh Ba’Chagim (Sofer), 76 chumash party, 86 Churchill, Winston, 47 Cinderella Ate My Daughter (Orenstein ), 36 Cinderella Syndrome, 80–81 classroom adjustments, 282–83 classrooms, gender messages in. See gender messages in the classroom clubs, after-school, 54–60, 55–56 code of masculinity, 119 coed vs. single-sex schooling. See single-sex vs. coed schooling Cohen, Malki, 199–200 Cole, Babette, 82 college degrees, 34 comfort, clothing, 137, 142–47, 167 Committee for the Sanctity of the Camp, the, 127 competition, 39–40, 96, 100, 113, 131, 222 consciousness-raising, 271, 281–82, 288 Conservative movement, gender awareness in, 4 “Conundrum of Coeducation at Yeshiva, The” (Rosenblatt), 51, 90–91 corrective discipline, 43 Counting Girls Out (Walkderine), 34 cultural facts, 3 Curie, Marie, 64 curricula. See books and curricula curriculum review, 276 cutting, 153–55, 313–14n41, 314n42 cyberbullying, 192 Dale, Chris, 250–51 dance, 55–56 dating, 187, 191–92 davening, 20, 205, 217–18 Davidman, Lynn, 78 day schools, mixed gender messages in, 18–22 “Decline of Boys” (Sax), 113 degrees, university, 34 Delamont, Sara, 54 Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference (Fine), 36, 44, 114 denim skirts, 128, 144, 168 Department of Education, U.S., 34–35, 42 depression, 33–34, 97, 109, 116, 151, 154–55, 184, 239 Diament, Anita, 79 Diament, Sara, 197 discipline and punishment, 42–43 disempowerment, 32, 108, 121, 158, 208 divine image, 22–24, 29–30, 45, 59, 120, 167, 204, 228, 268, 277–78 doctoral degrees, 34 Dolgin, Janet, 84 index 341 Dorff, R. Elliott, 197 double gaze, 126, 151–52 dress codes. See tzniut and dress codes Dubow, Yocheved, 197 Dvar Torah, 213–14 early childhood education, 253–54 eating disorders, 33, 150–54, 165, 286 Educational Equity Center (EEC), 42 educational leadership, 242–68; feminization of teaching, 249–58; inverted gender pyramid, 245–49, 249; overview, 242–45; professional development and...