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Feb 11, 2024, 12:08 PM

Holding One Thing

Even before sitting in their cafe chairs, the Israeli women I met for coffee were already apologizing, either that they had no reason to complain or that they were not doing enough, often saying both in the same breath. The...

Feb 9, 2017, 3:15 PM

Female clergy: What’s at stake

A response to the recent OU ruling: it's not about feminism vs. tradition, it's about securing Judaism's future

May 3, 2015, 3:29 PM

From the courtroom: The Groening trial through a daughter’s eyes

Former Nazi death camp officer Oskar Groening (center) and his lawyers Hans Holtermann (right) and Susanne Frangenberg (left) at the opening of Groening's trial in Lueneburg, Germany, on April 21, 2015 (photo credit: AFP/Ronny Hartmann, Pool)

She was in the courtroom when her father bore witness against Oskar Goering, who says he was just a small cog

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Esther Altmann, Ph.D., is the Director of Pastoral Training at Yeshivat Maharat and a psychologist in private practice.