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Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jun 5, 2026, 7:46 AM

Wider Lessons of Gay Pride Month: MEeting the “Enemy”

Israel started its Gay Pride Month celebrations yesterday with Jerusalem's Gay Pride parade. Tel Aviv's march – the largest in the Middle East – will take place next Friday (June 12). Whether we "agree" or not with homosexuality, there’s...

Allen S. Maller

Jun 5, 2026, 3:03 AM

Tahrif Is Moses’s Will Of Pluralism

The Jewish Rabbis stated that 55 Jewish Prophets in the Hebrew Bible were know by name. The Talmud counts 48 male prophets and 7 female prophets. Muslim scholars like Ibn Atiyya report that Ibn Abbas and Muqatil ibn Sulayman interpret...

Yaara Wiedman Samuel

May 31, 2026, 2:48 PM

I didn’t need the Rabbinate’s exam to answer questions of Jewish law

Female candidates take a rabbinical test administered by the Chief Rabbinate at the Religious Services Ministry in Jerusalem on April 27, 2026. (Chief Rabbinate)

By the time women like me were allowed to sit for the test, we had spent years answering questions of Halacha and leading communities

Daphne Lazar Price

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...

Shayndel Plotkin

May 21, 2026, 11:34 PM

The Sacred Torah of a Mother

On this holy season of Shavuot, when heaven once bent low enough for human hands to touch eternity, we remember that the Torah was never merely given — it was received. And perhaps that is one of the deepest teachings...

Ariele Mortkowitz

May 20, 2026, 9:55 AM

Teacher Appreciation

I have kids in four different schools and my inbox has been slammed with an abundance of creative ideas to show “teacher appreciation” before the end of the school year. “Send a note of appreciation and we’ll add it to...

Rachel Z. Goodman

May 18, 2026, 4:50 AM

The Blessing of Female Friendship: Lessons from Ruth and Naomi

Each year, Shavuot returns us to Megillat Ruth — a story of faith, continuity, and belonging, but also one of the Torah’s most enduring portraits of female friendship. At the heart of the Megillah are two women bound together through...

May 15, 2026, 8:34 PM

Just Say No To Rape Culture and LGBTQ Exploitation

The Jewish lesbian feminist writer Muriel Rukeyser once asked, "What would happen if a woman told the truth about her life?" Her answer, "The world would split apart." Buckle up. We're in for some uncomfortable truth-telling. Like many of you...

Meira E. Schneider-Atik

May 13, 2026, 9:22 PM

Back in 2024, I went to a rally near the UN for the Israeli hostages. BH, there was a good crowd and almost all the speeches/presentations were poignant and beautiful and appropriate. But even as I was thinking of...

May 12, 2026, 2:55 PM

The Aguna Crisis Isn’t About Divorce

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In this post analyzing complex layers of an issue in our community, and calling for nuance, I’m going to start with an absolute: The get is not, and should never be, a bargaining chip. Full stop. A get-refuser needs to give...

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