Links to Talks by Shulamit S. Magnus
Links to talks by Shulamit S. Magnus about:
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Her book, Jewish Marital Captivity: The Past, Present, and End of a Historic Abuse (NYU, 2025)
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The ongoing problem of Jewish women’s marital captivity;
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Why this is a Jewish, not an Orthodox or an Israeli problem;
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What individuals, families, and communities can do to end this abuse.
Link to talk by Shulamit S. Magnus for the Center for Jewish Studies of City University of New York (CUNY) Grad Center and the Center for Jewish Studies of Queens College,
Oct. 2025: https://youtu.be/5UDjeYauiAc
Focuses on the book, Jewish Marital Captivity and its findings
Link to talk by Shulamit S. Magnus at a book launch for her book in New York, November, 2025:
Focuses on the book, Jewish Marital Captivity, the book’s method and its findings.
Link to talk by Shulamit S. Magnus at Congregation Sinai, San Jose, CA, December, 2025: https://youtube.com/live/yWAbn20sRt8
This was a talk to a Jewish lay audience, focusing on the problem of Jewish women’s marital captivity, why this is a Jewish, not an Orthodox or Israeli problem, explains the rabbinic marriage rite, using a text from the ceremony, discusses the current state of the problem