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Jun 1, 2026, 4:15 AM

What I Didn’t See at the Israel Day Parade

Thousands upon thousands gathered in New York on Sunday for the Israel Day Parade. For the first time in years, I was not one of them. Instead, I followed from afar, watching seas of people of every age. I...

May 28, 2026, 8:58 PM

The Bitter Waters and the Fear of Women’s Learning

“A man who teaches his daughter Torah teaches her tiflut.” Mishna Sotah 3:4 The Hebrew word tiflut has been translated in a number of ways: foolishness, obscenity, frivolity, impropriety, even promiscuity. None of the translations are flattering. For generations, this language...

May 19, 2026, 12:08 AM

Being near Torah is not the same as standing at Sinai

('Two Woman Learning Torah' image from the Laura Ben David Jewish Life Photo Bank; Background via iStock/blueenayim; Montage by The Times of Israel)

Thanks to AI, we can access sacred texts with one click, but joining the covenant of the Jewish people demands more of us

Mar 18, 2026, 3:36 PM

A Confident Judaism Should Not Fear Women’s Torah at the Wall

For nearly four decades, the debate over the Western Wall has been framed as a battle between denominations. Reform and Conservative leaders demand recognition. Ultra-Orthodox parties demand preservation of “tradition.” The Israeli government oscillates between compromise and capitulation. The...

Mar 12, 2026, 8:58 PM

Milk, money and the many forms of giving

There is a quiet heroism that ensures life will go on, that babies will be nourished, that families will function even under the strain of war

Dec 18, 2025, 7:12 AM

Lighting as an act of defiance and joy

Remarks delivered at the Polish Embassy Chanukah party, December 16, 2025 -- a joint celebration with the American Jewish Committee. Chanukah is the holiday of Jewish military power reclaiming Jerusalem and rededicating the Second Temple. The Maccabees did not survive...

Dec 16, 2025, 1:16 AM

A Prayer for Bondi Beach

Ribbono Shel Olam, Creator of the world, Source of life and breath, Our hearts are broken before You. We mourn the holy souls taken in violence at Bondi Beach men, women, and children who gathered in light and trust, who came to fulfill a...

Oct 13, 2025, 2:53 PM

Until every hostage comes home

And who shall return this day, and who shall not. Who shall come home to arms open wide, and who shall come home only in name. Who by mercy, and who by memory. Who by miracle, and who by mourning. Who was taken in darkness, and who walks...

Oct 12, 2025, 10:46 AM

The miracle we’ve been waiting for

I was in Israel on October 7, 2023. It was Simchat Torah, a day meant for dancing, joy, and community. Instead, it became the day the music stopped. The day families were torn apart. The day when celebration turned...

Aug 27, 2025, 8:10 PM

The ‘body in the field,’ and the silence around suicide

The Torah insists we see the death of someone who is abandoned not simply as a personal tragedy, but as a communal failure (Shofetim)

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About Me

Rabba Daphne Lazar Price is an adjunct professor of Jewish Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the former Executive Director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. A recent graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, she is active in the Orthodox community in her hometown of Silver Spring, MD.