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Jul 28, 2026, 12:17 AM

Maidens in a Tu B’Av tizz

Girls dancing on Tu B'Av (ארכיון ומוזיאון החאן חדרה (ע.ר), creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons)

A leaked memo threatens to stop all Tu B'Av festivities in Israeli vineyards and green spaces across the country. Knesset members of the subcommittee appointed by the Ministry of Religious Services to regulate public activities on Tu B'Av are...

Jul 26, 2026, 5:19 PM

So that’s that

I thought the 11 months of saying Kaddish were teaching me how to mourn; really, they taught me how to live without my mother

Allen S. Maller

Jul 26, 2026, 6:22 AM

Why Languages and Prophetic Religions Win

Characterizing the factors that have shaped linguistic diversity is fundamental for understanding human history, culture, and cognition. Before the onset of plant and animal domestication, the number of languages was smaller than it is today (4500 to 6000 compared...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jul 23, 2026, 10:28 PM

Bringing good news to Jerusalem

In the Haftara for Shabbat Nachamu (Yishayahu 40:1-26) we find four voices of comfort. The fourth voice, the voice of Mevaseret Zion, the female bearer of good tidings, is found in verses 9-11: Ascend the high mountain, you who bear...

Jul 20, 2026, 11:20 PM

The Sidewalk Is Never Just a Sidewalk

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Last week, reports emerged that men and women in Bnei Brak would be directed to use separate sidewalks in certain areas of the city. Signs were placed and then reportedly removed following public and legal opposition. It would be easy...

Jul 17, 2026, 5:47 AM

The Tichel Trend and Redemptive Consciousness

As readers begin this article, they may think I am opening a can of worms. And indeed, while I love provocative and even polemical conversations, I want to bring up a topic loaded with a painful history and explore...

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...

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...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jun 30, 2026, 1:08 PM

Pinchas’ Surprising Lineage

The genealogy of the tribes of Reuven, Shimon and Levi is found in Shmot, Chapter 6. In verse 25, we come across Pinchas’ lineage: Elazar, Aharon’s son, married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Pinchas. It seems...

Jun 29, 2026, 12:32 PM

The Courage to Change Your Mind

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What the Daughters of Zelophehad teach us about leadership, listening, and why certainty may be the greatest danger of all- Parashat Pinchas In our political culture, changing your mind has become almost unforgivable. Public figures cling to old positions long after...

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