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The Slippery Slope of Erasing Women: What Happened at Torah Tidbits (Season 8 Episode 1)

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An Orthodox Union executive admitted he banned women from an ad page because one man found their pictures distracting during prayer.

Hosts Anne Gordon and Shoshana Keats-Jeskel investigate a two-year effort to challenge the Orthodox Union's policy of not showing images of women on the back page of its Torah Tidbits publication. They detail behind-the-scenes negotiations, the shocking reason given for the policy, and the resulting partial improvements, arguing this case exemplifies the broader 'slippery slope' of erasing women in Jewish communities.

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A blunt warning about how modesty talk can slide into women's erasure.

Season eight opens with a careful look at public women's images in Orthodox life, and the hosts keep the focus on erasure rather than a vague culture-war dispute.

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Press play if you want to hear how a tiny boundary can turn into a communal fault line.

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