JOFA’s Torch

Anyone who knows me even a bit also knows that I thrive on social contact and interacting with people. However, ...

If I ever had a rabbi, Ruth Calderon would be her. I only ever saw Calderon once, on Youtube, as ...

Many wonderful things happened at last week’s JOFA Conference. But the highlight for me was Israeli Knesset member Ruth Calderon’s impromptu ...

The following d’var torah was given by Lindsay Simmonds at the first UK partnership minyan in November. To find out ...

This week’s JOFA Conference, with 1000 participants from 125 cities in seven countries, over 50 sessions on topics as diverse ...

Little known fact: The JOFA Conference existed before JOFA existed. The first conference on feminism and Orthodoxy that took place ...

I’ve had a love-hate relationship with conferences since the first GA I attended as a Hillel delegate while I was ...

I’ve never been to a JOFA conference before. For four years, all through college,  I heard from friends living in ...

We’re getting really excited about the JOFA conference, less than a week away! The 8th International JOFA Conference, set for ...

Often, when I take a moment to remind myself what I’m grateful for, I think about my grandmothers. My life ...

Earlier this month, Hadassah Braun Margolese wrote a blog here at The Torch describing her anguish about not being able ...

After 28 years of marriage (BH!) Adam Dicker and I signed a post-nuptial agreement this past Saturday night at the ...