You are invited to participate in the four on-line learning programs offered on this website by downloading the source sheets on the following topics:
Dr. Bonna Devora
Haberman earned her doctorate in Ethics and Education at the University of
London. Having grown up in Canada, studied in the USA, Israel, and England, her
work in and out of the academy fuses critical interpretation of texts and
culture with passion for social betterment. She has published widely and taught
at the Hebrew University, at the Harvard University Divinity School and at
Brandeis University where she founded and directed the “Mistabra Institute for
Jewish Textual Activism” addressing difficult texts and social problems
together using performance arts. With Mistabra, she created and performed two
full-length theater pieces: Unmasking
Esther—about gender-based
oppression, from beauty standards to sex trafficking, and Inner Fire—about Jewish peoplehood, Israel, and
territoriality. Bonna
returned to Israel in 2004 with her spouse and five children.
In Jerusalem,
Bonna initiated a 23-year strong Israeli movement for women's public
participation and leadership, "Women of the Wall". She is currently
co-directing an activist community theater project, “YTheater” together with a
Palestinian partner, and mobilizing a national social change initiative led by
Israeli young people. Two books, tentatively titled Blood and Ink: Feminism Liberating
Judaism, a Jewish feminist liberation theology, and Israel Spirit Matters: Refreshing
Zionism from Jewish Sources are
forthcoming in early 2012.
You can
contact Dr. Haberman to discuss the on-line courses on this website via
email:
bonnadev
ora(at)
gmail.com