Modern Orthodoxy
Shelo Asani Isha
It was mid-August and the air conditioning was broken in the café on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Across ...
Let’s Spread Some GOOD News
Dr. Monique Katz, a member of JOFA’s Board of Directors, once shared a d’var Torah that has stuck with me ...
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Michal Dicker shares her compelling story of growing into her Orthodox feminist identity. She originally submitted this essay to gain ...
JOFA: Including Men
My mother-in-law likes to use the expression “you could have knocked me down with a feather.” I can’t quite imagine ...
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 ...
Reading Esther and Coming of Age
The story of Esther teaches us many things, amongst them, that timing is everything.This year, the women’s Megillat Esther reading ...