At the heart of DIamant's writing are her spiritual and political beliefs. DIamant first joined a Jewish congregation when she was 12, following her family's move to Denver, Colarado. As she grew, her religous and spiritual thoughts began to prosper, eventually finding their place on the page as DIamant became a young adult. As a college student at Washington University in St. Louis, she wrote into feminist journals, joining the conversation of criticism surrounding the oppression women faced in society. While she worked as a journalist in Boston, MA following her eduactional career, it was not until the publication of her book Living a Jewish Life that Diamant's political and religous beliefs would begin to dominate the page. Diamant wrote of Liberal Judaism where she encouraged feminism and Judaism to interact through three movements--Reform, Conservate, and Reconstructionist, all of which ordain women as rabbis, pushing back against the male dominated space DIamant believed the synagoge to be. Diamant also pioneered the revival of the tradition of mikveh. The ritual of submerging oneself into water was often thought to be daunting, but Diamant helped make it a more welcoming space where people can laugh and enjoy the tradition. Her work towards the revival of the mikveh has had a lasting impact on the Jewish faith.

Diamant's beliefs take fictional form in The Red Tent, as she explores the female perspective of the story of Dinah, which was noticably absent from the biblical text. Like the three movements in her book Living a Jewish Life , The Red Tent  places women at the center of a male dominated space, pushiing for more inclusion of feminine thought. Diamant's passion for feminism in Judaism shines in The Red Tent. The love and care DIamant infuses into motherly, daughterly, and sisterly relationships fills the pages with the warmth of the universal feminine experience. Through the novel, Diamant asks readers to consider women's perspective, using her spiritual and political beliefs to promote feminism in the Jewish faith.

Source: Naomi Graetz, Last updated June 23. “Anita Diamant.” Jewish Women’s Archive, jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/diamant-anita. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.