Though the Orthodox rabbinate remains all-male, some Orthodox women have assumed para-rabbinic roles.

Beyond the letter.

Priestesses.

Tu B’Av was once a day when unwed women of Jerusalem dressed in white and congregated in local vineyards to ...

Envisioning ceremonies that respect modern gender roles and adhere strictly to tradition.

Moving beyond equal access to express women's sensibilities and experiences in Jewish life and organizations.

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.

Widows cry out for justice.

What’s in a name?

Deuteronomy 20 permits wars of aggression, but the talmudic rabbis made it difficult to declare one.