This article is adapted from a paper presented to the Women's Dialogue Group of the New York Chapter of the American Jewish Committee on May 2, 2002. Lefkovitz reinterprets the biblical text of 1 Samuel 1:1-28.
This activity provides examples of progressive legislation that protect women's rights in Israel and asks students to research women's rights laws recently passed in their own countries. They also are encouraged to propose some of their own!