Orthodox Jewish women attend an event celebrating the completion of the 7 1/2-year cycle of daily study of the Talmud, the central text of Jewish law, on Jan. 5, 2020, in Jerusalem. AP Photo/Tsafrir ...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Over the years, many of the young Orthodox women studying at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary yearned to join a combat unit in the Israeli army but knew that staying religiously ...
There is a compendium of grievances Jewish women have expressed about traditional Judaism for generations, and Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin has aimed to tackle them in his newest book “Thank God for Making ...
When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...
When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...