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Women educators spread the word

September 22, 2011 14:07
Among the crowd: Bettina Bradfield and Cheryl Eman

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Two hundred people attended a community learning day held in north London by the London School of Jewish Studies, marking a decade of the Susi Bradfield women educators programme.

Bradfield graduates presented 15 sessions on topics ranging from the music of the High Holy-Days to the role of the rebbetzin.

Speakers included the Chief Rabbi, who said the programme had "brought women's voices into the public conversation about Torah and created many more women educators".

Among participating graduates was Sarah Robinson, who flew in from New York to deliver a lecture: "Is there a place for mindfulness in Jewish prayer?"

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