Nitzan
Caspi Shiloni
Interdisciplinary Studies Unit – Gender Studies Program
Bar-Ilan University
Supervisor Supervised by Prof. Ronit Irshai
Nitzan Caspi Shiloni is a PhD researcher in Jewish law and gender studies. Her research focuses on the perspectives of rabbinical court judges in Israel toward women who are unable to obtain a religious divorce due to their husbands’ refusal—commonly referred to as the agunah problem. Taking a narrative rather than a legal outcome approach, her interdisciplinary work offers a new lens through which to understand rabbinical rulings. The research also holds potential to inform feminist legal activism in Israel.
Nitzan’s research offers a new lens through which to understand rabbinical rulings, and also holds potential to inform feminist legal activism in Israel.
Nitzan holds an LLB from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an LLM from Bar-Ilan University. She also completed a thesis in gender studies at Bar-Ilan University. Before starting her PhD program, she worked as a lawyer and legal manager for an organization promoting women’s rights and continues to provide legal counsel to human rights organizations. She lives in Modi’in with her partner and their four children.
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