The Erasure of Jewish Women in Modern Feminism: When #MeToo Doesn’t Include You

In the wake of the October 7th Hamas-led attack on Israeli civilians in 2023 and the ensuing conflict, a disturbing pattern emerged within feminist circles that had been building for decades: the systematic exclusion of Jewish women from movements purporting to advance women’s rights and protections. This exclusion represents not just a failure of intersectionality but a betrayal of feminism’s foundational principles—principles that Jewish women themselves helped establish.