women

We Can Do It!

Hope is a Jewish value. The Psalmist says “Hope in Adonai and be strong.” The national anthem of Israel is ...

There Are Places I Remember…..

An Orthodox rabbinic colleague Rabbi Zev Farber recently posted on Morethodoxy a piece on the experience of place women have ...

A multicultural view of Passover eating

Every year I get a call from my mother, “Remind me again, do we eat peanuts on Passover?”This question should ...

Free Speech vs Good Speech

Women and women’s rights have received a lot of attention in politics and media in recent weeks.  March is Women’s ...

Funky Kippot in the Diaspora

There is no conformity for liberal Jewish women in the synagogue when it comes to wearing a head covering. Look ...

Silence and Slavery

My daughter sings in the choir at her Jewish high school.  Only her mother can attend the annual concert. I ...

We Shall Overcome Someday!

We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome someday; Oh, Deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall ...

Today I am a Woman

In the few months since our book was published, women of different ages have come up to us with stories ...

Closing the Gender Gap

People often ask me why I decided to become a rabbi. Some would say in a condescending tone, “You want ...