Merle Feld

Project

Women Who Dared

Judith Rosenbaum interviewed Merle Feld on July 19, 2000, in Northampton, Massachusetts, as part of the Women Who Dared Oral History Project. Feld recounts her upbringing in Brooklyn, her involvement in the Jewish community, her work in facilitating Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, and the profound impact of her activism on her life and career as a writer and public figure.

https://jwa.org/oralhistories/feld-merle

March 4, 2019

Celebrating the New Moon in Jerusalem

Merle Feld

Activist and writer Merle Feld recounts a harrowing experience praying at the Kotel with Women of the Wall.

Topics: Women's Rights, Prayer

https://jwa.org/blog/celebrating-new-moon-in-jerusalem

January 5, 2017

Leading with Timbrels: Another Side to the Passover Story

Molly Pifko

Every year, my temple holds a women’s seder on the second night of Passover. This ritual has always been important to me because throughout my Jewish education, I have clung to stories as the basis for my learning.

Topics: Passover, Midrash and Aggadah, Talmud, Poetry

https://jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/leading-with-timbrels-another-side-to-passover-story