Agunot
The Widening Scope of Gender Expression and Traditional Judaism
Orthodox feminism’s struggle for women’s leadership and ritual inclusion set a strong precedent for the recent consideration of the issues ...
Prime-Time Drama
This post has been translated from Hebrew to English by Bracha Jaffe.Shabbat afternoon between the afternoon and evening prayers is ...
An Old Shul Still Paving the Way
It is funny to celebrate the 120th anniversary of our synagogue when Judaism tells us that 120 years should mark ...
Including Agunot on Purim in Montreal
Every year costumed women and children arrive from communities across the island, all aglow and abuzz with great anticipation. Purim ...
Signing in Solidarity
This piece was submitted on Friday, January 31, 2014. The event took place on Sunday, January 26.—When a couple gets ...
Throwing a Party for Prenups
After 28 years of marriage (BH!) Adam Dicker and I signed a post-nuptial agreement this past Saturday night at the ...
The Violation of Dinah; The Violation of our Society
The following is adapted from the drasha (sermon) delivered by Rori Picker Neiss at Bais Abraham Congregation, St Louis, MO ...
Solving the agunah problem means finding the right address
In the wake of the current discussion of the Gital Dodelson case (about which I know nothing more than what ...
Good Reasons to Institute Civil Marriage in Israel? We’ve Got Thousands.
Avishalom Westreich and Pinhas Shifman, religious Israeli legal scholars of marriage and divorce law who presented compelling proposals at JOFA’s Agunah ...