Women During The Zionism Movement: Article Analysis

Throughout the Zionism movement there were many publications written, some written by men and some by women. Through the men’s publications one can see how they portray women during the movement as cold, tough and insensible. And looking at publications written by woman one can see a vast difference in the portrayal of women during the Zionism movement. The Two articles The calf written by Mordechai Ze’ev Feierberg and Burned out written by Mendele Mokher Sefarim were written through a males perspective of women before and during the movement. The article Sunbeams written by Dvora Baron showed women in greater light and how women were also part of the movement and how they endured opposition from their fellow females. Also the article showed …show more content…
Her name was Haya Fruma and she was five years old when she moved to the community. The community treated her like a disease and they only helped her when she broke her leg when she slipped on ice, after she recovered the community again left her to fend herself. She worked as a maid for the beadle of the synagogue, she was fired from her job because she touched one the children. She married a man much older than her because the woman in the community told her that she had no other opportunities. On her wedding she cried. As marriage with on she felt darkness inside growing. Her husband did not give much attention and when he brought home a young reddish cow, he warned her not to go close to it explaining that she was dangerous. Haya Fruma felt bad for the cow and she would spend time with and with time her darkness went away. Haya Fruma named the cow Rizhka; Rizhka brought joy to Haya Fruma. Haya Fruma’s husband passed away and all she asked was to keep Rizhka instead of getting money that was due to her. Haya Fruma rented a wooden shack, she worked every day and so did Rizhka, the both of them take care of each other with each other’s companimish. When Rizhka gave birth to a young calf, the calf had to be given away because there was not enough room for two animals. Haya Fruma took in a blind man for Shabbat dinners and the man had a light to him and he shared his knowledge with her and with his knowledge he removed the darkness in her