The rabbis of the Talmud designated specific female roles and activities, and were wary of women's nature, but they also tempered biblical laws that caused hardships for women.

The rabbis give their visitors one answer and their students another. What gives?

The words “religious feminist” seem like an oxymoron. How can someone be both? The three main Western religions, Judaism, Christianity ...

A Purim story

How Adler uses feminist ideas to challenge Jewish law.

The art of sacred improvisation.

Who is defined as a loud woman?

How one of the first female rabbis was almost forgotten.

Marriage, money, and religious education.

In this week’s installment of “From the Academy,â€? Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture ...