I have spent much of my life advocating for gender equality and women’s rights within Orthodox Judaism. So it might come as a surprise that I have come to have reservations about women’s-only Simchat ...
(JTA) — Sefaria, the app that contains a digital collection of Jewish texts, has made everything from Genesis to an essay on Jewish law and gambling accessible at the tap of a finger. But in one way, ...
According to the Talmud, the first instructions on how Jews should celebrate the holiday of Purim were set down by one of its founders: Queen Esther, who with her cousin Mordechai helped save the Jews ...
Some 22,000 women from 30 countries are completing a two-year cycle of daily biblical study called Nach Yomi.The post Daily biblical study good for ‘spiritual, educational needs,’ Jewish women say ...
While women have been teaching Torah for decades, few have been writing about it — and a new book writing project aims to rectify that. (JTA) — Sefaria, the app that contains a digital collection of ...