A Voice for Dinah

Kristen Caven
9 min readDec 18, 2019

My Niece’s Bat Mizvah drash sheds light on the “Me Too” Movement.

Watching my niece read her sermon, I had to keep the tissues handy watching my niece own this piece of cultural history.

Hi, I’m Alexa.

Today I get to talk about one of the most interesting parts of the whole Torah because it mentions the rape of Dinah, which is a very significant event. Another important thing happens in the Torah this week, which is that Jacob wrestles with a divine being and is renamed Israel. I have always been very passionate about feminism and have felt very…

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Kristen Caven

Author of books, writer of plays, maker of scenes. Also likes shoes and jello. My books are at www.kristencaven.com