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Ruth and Lovingkindness
Rabbinic tradition sees her as a virtuous woman who is rewarded for her behavior.
About Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Age and its significance, terminology, parents' blessing, parent-child dynamics, and motivations for adult bar/bat mitzvah.
Ask the Expert: Biblical Role Models
How can I look up to characters in the Bible?
Beliefs & Practices, Bible, Gender & Sexuality, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
Women in the Bible
In the Bible, women are sometimes portrayed as men's equals and other times as men's subordinates — or property.
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Remembering Saul Lieberman
Kudos to FailedMessiah for noting the upcoming lecture to commemorate Professor Saul Lieberman’s 25th yahrzeit. A couple of weeks ago ...
Parashat Pinchas: The Wife of Moses, the Mother of Pinchas and other Midianites
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Bais Ya’akov Schools
This movement of Orthodox Jewish day schools provides a chance for girls to get an education.
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish History, Study
Rufina and Her Sisters
Jewish women in the Diaspora.
Holocaust, Jewish Culture, Jewish History, Jewish Literature, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
Women in Holocaust Literature: Writers and Writings
These women use diaries, memoirs, fiction, and poetry to express their Holocaust experience.
Beliefs & Practices, Gender & Sexuality
Menstruation and “Family Purity” (Taharat Ha-Mishpacha)
An act of will is required to turn our thoughts back to the sacred after a bodily event has focused our attention on the very physical here-and-now.