Judaism: Religion, Gender and Sexuality | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Judaism: Religion, Gender and Sexuality
- 59 questions
- 5 subtopics
- Component 2: Judaism, one religion of five
- Component 2
Judaism: changing thought on gender roles, marriage and sexuality.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Judaism as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Judaism: Religion, Gender and Sexuality
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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The Ordination of Women as Rabbis
Who was the first female rabbi ordained in the Conservative movement?
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Amy Eilberg, ordained in 1985. -
The Ordination of Women as Rabbis
How did Conservative Judaism justify its decision to ordain women within a halakhic framework?
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By reinterpreting halakha to argue that historical restrictions were based on social conditions that no longer apply, rather than immutable divine law. -
Open Orthodoxy and the Title Rabba
How did mainstream Orthodox authorities respond to Sara Hurwitz's ordination as Rabba?
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They rejected the validity of her ordination. -
Open Orthodoxy and the Title Rabba
What broader tensions does the debate over women's ordination reflect within Judaism?
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Tensions between tradition and modernity, and between maintaining distinctive Jewish practices and responding to contemporary values of gender equality. -
JOFA and the Agunah
What role does JOFA believe batei din should play in addressing cases where husbands refuse to grant a get?
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JOFA supports batei din (rabbinical courts) that are willing to apply halakhic pressure on recalcitrant husbands who withhold a get. -
JOFA and the Agunah
What are partnership minyanim and what expanded roles can women take within them?
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Partnership minyanim are prayer groups where women can take on expanded ritual roles such as leading certain prayers and receiving aliyot (Torah honours) while remaining within halakhic boundaries. -
Celibacy, Marriage and Same-Sex Relationships
Which Torah verse do Orthodox Jews cite as prohibiting male homosexual acts, and how do they interpret it?
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Leviticus 18:22, which they interpret literally as forbidding homosexual relationships. -
Celibacy, Marriage and Same-Sex Relationships
What fundamental question do transgender issues raise within traditional Jewish law?
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They involve questions about the binary categories of male and female found in traditional Jewish law.
The 5 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| The Ordination of Women as Rabbis | Recall questions on Regina Jonas and why her ordination went unrecognised, and on the first women ordained by seminaries and by the Reconstructionist movement. | 14 |
| Open Orthodoxy and the Title Rabba | Recall questions on the institutions ordaining women in Open Orthodoxy, the titles used, Sara Hurwitz and the mainstream Orthodox response. | 10 |
| JOFA and the Agunah | Recall questions on what the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance seeks, how it differs from Reform Judaism, what an agunah is and the remedy JOFA advocates. | 12 |
| Celibacy, Marriage and Same-Sex Relationships | Recall questions on why celibacy is viewed negatively, the sacred purpose of marriage, the Orthodox position and the Reform and Liberal responses. | 12 |
| Rachel Adler and Brit Ahuvim | Recall questions on Adler's significance, her critique of traditional marriage and why the covenant of lovers is held to create equality. | 11 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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