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Karen Lieberman

Sep 6, 2026, 5:52 PM

Gloria Steinem: Activist, Feminist, Zionist

Gloria Steinem: Activist, Feminist, Zionist (March 25, 1934 – September 2, 2026) A few Steinem quotes: “Never in my life have I identified as a Christian, but wherever there is antisemitism, I identify as a Jew.” “I do feel socially drawn...

Daphne Lazar Price

Sep 3, 2026, 6:42 PM

What Gloria Steinem taught this Orthodox feminist

Gloria Steinem at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 7, 2016 (CC, Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)

Her questions about power, equality and who gets a voice gave me a way to challenge observant Judaism from within — without asking me to abandon it

Aug 25, 2026, 12:05 PM

The Old City Belonged to Everyone Except Me

I used to despise the Old City of Jerusalem. It felt intimidating, heavy, tense. Everyone seemed to belong to some tribe I did not belong to, dressed for a ritual I could not relate to, heading somewhere with absolute purpose. There...

Sarah Segal-Katz

Jul 14, 2026, 1:50 PM

Gender segregation does not remove barriers. It builds a wall

Gender-segregation signage on Hizkiyahu HaMelech Street in Katamon, Jerusalem, during a Hachnasat Sefer Torah ceremony (2018). The Yiddish signs direct men and women to separate walking routes. (Sarah Segal-Katz)

A proposed law doesn't just permit more separate university classrooms. It reshapes academia, with profound consequences for women and Israeli democracy

Bonnie K. Goodman

Jul 12, 2026, 8:39 PM

‘It Is True’: Artemisia Gentileschi and Paternalistic Chesed

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, c. 1620, oil on canvas, Uffizi Galleries, Florence. Source: Wikipedia. Artemisia's Judith is neither passive nor decorative: she leans into the act with force, concentration, and resolve, embodying a woman's refusal to be silenced, erased, or denied possession of her own truth.

This past week marked the birth of Artemisia Gentileschi, born in Rome in July 1593, one of the great painters of the Baroque and one of art history’s most powerful witnesses to what it means for a woman to...

Jul 10, 2026, 1:40 PM

Sexist journalism makes for a sexist reality

By treating male perspectives as the default, the media turns women's absence from public life into something ordinary – and helps entrench inequality

Sarah Segal-Katz

Jul 3, 2026, 3:08 PM

One year after the ‘Daughters of Zelophehad’ ruling: A marathon, not a sprint

The Supreme Court of Israel building
Photo: Lael Klein / Gluya Magazine

Today, the 18th of Tammuz, marks exactly one year since the ruling in the petition over women's right to sit the Chief Rabbinate's ordination exams (the "Yoreh Yoreh" track) on the same terms as men. The presiding justice, Noam...

Sarah Segal-Katz

Jun 25, 2026, 12:49 PM

No place for shaming at the mikveh

Screenshot from the footage of Chief Rabbi David Yosef, aired on Channel 12 by reporter Eli Hirschmann

Sadly, the chief rabbi, Rabbi David Yosef, has once again spoken in a way that wounds women. Only last week he chose menacing language toward those seeking to sit for the rabbinate examinations (myself among them). He sought to...

Jun 21, 2026, 11:07 PM

What We Do Matters More: Some Closing Thoughts

Over more than a decade of listening to women rabbis, I have come to appreciate a deceptively simple truth: what we say matters, but what we do matters more. As the rabbis taught, "It is not study that is most...

Jun 18, 2026, 10:29 PM

The Conversation Liberal Parents Still Aren’t Having With Their Sons

There are mixed reviews of the UFC spectacle that took place on the White House south lawn for the President’s eightieth birthday. And then there are altogether oblivious reviews of the event even if they come from a loving...

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