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Oct 20, 2023, 1:04 AM
Israel: There’s no place I’d rather be
Everyone who has ever visited has a million “only in Israel” experiences. They are usually some combination of bumping into someone not seen in years, a mistranslation that leads to a comical outcome, or some deeply held local cultural...
Jun 23, 2023, 7:53 AM
One Year Later: Reflections on the Dobbs Decision and What Remains at Stake
As we near the one year anniversary of the Dobbs decision – which overturned federal constitutional protections of privacy and abortion rights that have stood since the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision – I am taking stock of...
Jun 22, 2023, 11:49 PM
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The Rebbe’s last dollars
(courtesy)
See that picture of me with the Lubavitcher Rebbe? He'd never have allowed the erasure of women. If only more rabbis had his moral courage and will
Apr 9, 2023, 9:09 AM
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Why this Passover is like no other
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire caused after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit near the Israeli town of Shlomi, April 6, 2023. (Fadi Amun/Flash90)
Jews must be able to live free of fear, including in Israel, where rockets from Lebanon are antisemitic violence, plain and simple
Feb 23, 2023, 7:59 PM
Creating a cultural ‘V’Nahafoch Hu’
On the Shabbat before Purim, congregations around the world will read Parshat Zachor (Deuteronomy 25:17 - 19). In these three verses, we are commanded not once, but twice, to recall a dangerous attack on our people: We are told...
Feb 2, 2023, 3:56 PM
Growing in the land
Photo credit: Daphne Lazar Price
Growing up in Canada, and living in the mid-Atlantic, Tu BiShvat never quite aligned with our local seasons. But during my most recent (extended!) trip to Israel, I experienced the seasons differently. On any given day, I would travel for...
Jan 5, 2023, 1:40 PM
The 70 faces of Torah include women
“There are seventy faces of the Torah.” - Midrash, Bamidbar Rabbah, 13:16 Someone recently asked me, regarding women in Orthodox communities: “Aren’t women more empowered than ever before?” As the Executive Director of Jofa (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance), whose mission is...
Dec 9, 2022, 6:49 AM
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My Unorthodox Life, revisited
Screenshot from a trailer for season 2 of 'My Unorthodox Life'
The show did well to bring activists fighting to free agunot, but they were then vilified for appearing on the show. If only the anger was against the chaining of women
Jul 12, 2022, 3:00 PM
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Shaming women who have abortions is not a Jewish ethic
(Flickr Commons)
Male rabbis who perpetuate damaging taboos keep women from telling their stories – but after Dobbs, we no longer have the luxury of silence
Mar 30, 2022, 4:44 PM
Striking the rock
I want to share an incident that happened a few weeks ago. On a Friday night, someone in our extended family had an emergency that required seeking immediate medical advice and treatment. Fortunately, the practitioner lived nearby, and it...
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About Me
Daphne Lazar Price is the Executive Director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) and an adjunct professor of Jewish Law at Georgetown University Law Center. She is active in the Orthodox community in her hometown of Silver Spring, MD, where she lives with her husband and two children.