#MeToo activist and academic Dr Keren McGinity shares her own story – and how it triggered a reckoning for the US Jewish community

The Good Edit: Gritty Conversations with Jewish Women

For episode nine of The Good Edit, host Rebecca Davis speaks with #MeToo activist, educator, interfaith specialist and gender historian academic, Dr Keren McGinity.
In this gritty and grounded conversation, they explore:

• What led to Keren's courageous decision to publicly share her personal #MeToo story
• Life on the other side: The ramifications, the clarion call for the US Jewish community and the progress her sharing invoked
• Micro-boundary crossing, claiming our space, and the great unlearning we need to undergo as women.
• The importance of trusting your instinct
• The Jewish and other faith community's responses to #MeToo.

TW // In this episode, we discuss the issue of sexual abuse, which may be confronting for some of us. If it is, please see the 'Episode Resources: Support' section below for ways to seek help – and do take care.
EPISODE RESOURCES: SUPPORT

• If your life is in immediate danger, call 000 now
• Lifeline Australia. Call: 13 11 14
• 1800 Respect (National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service). Call: 1800 737 732

EPISODE RESOURCES: LEARNING

• 'American Jewry's #MeToo Problem: A First-Person Encounter', by Dr Keren McGinity (The New York Jewish Week)
• 'When we share our stories, we gain power', by Rebecca Davis (The Australian Jewish News)
• Special investigation into gender inequality in the Jewish community by Rebecca Davis and Sophie Deutsch (The Australian Jewish News).

EPISODE LINKS

• Follow Dr Keren McGinity on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
• Visit Dr Keren McGinity's website.

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Editor & Sound Engineer: Saul Muscatel
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