Chana Safrai

Chana Safrai was an Israeli scholar, educator, and notable figure in Jewish feminist theology. Safrai was raised in an Orthodox Jerusalem household and later earned advanced degrees in Jewish studies, which shaped her focus on women's representation in rabbinic literature. She specialized in Midrash and rabbinic literature, applying feminist interpretive approaches to traditional Jewish texts. Safrai taught for many years at Jerusalem's Shalom Hartman Institute, where she was involved in developing instructional methods that emphasized women's participation in advanced textual learning.