Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll (born 1975) is an American-Israeli activist and writer whose work focuses on women's rights in

Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses on M ...

and the visibility of women in Israel's Orthodox communities. Keats Jaskoll was born and raised in

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in a Jewish but non-Orthodox family. After migrating to Israel in 2007, Keats Jaskoll gained public attention through her co-founding and leadership of a women's advocacy group

Chochmat Nashim Chochmat Nashim (Hebrew: ) is an Israeli organisation that promotes women's rights in the Orthodox Jewish community in Israel and the United States. Their work aims to raise awareness of trends and policies within Orthodoxy that may harm women and ...

and her writing at the ''

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'' news site. A key issue promoted by Keats Jaskoll is the combatting of the fundamentalist trend among some Orthodox Jewish publications to refuse the printing of any visual depiction of women.

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* 1975 births American emigrants to Israel American Orthodox Jews Living people People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey Jewish women writers Israeli women's rights activists Orthodox Jewish feminists {{Judaism-bio-stub