Orthodox feminism

Hello, Labels: Creating a Feminist Orthodox Wedding

The night before my wedding, as I was falling asleep, I realized that my fiance and I hadn’t discussed whether ...

Rediscovering Megillat Ruth

Last year I rediscovered Megillat Ruth. On the morning of the second day of Shavuot I joined a closely knit ...

A Shabbat of Learning, Prayer, and Growth at UPenn

This summer, I had the privilege of attending a conference about Partnership Minyanim, hosted by Shira Hadasha in Jerusalem. I ...

Birth Control – Emphasis on Control

I can clearly remember where I was sitting, in the midst of my Bible class during my final semester at ...

JOFA Campus Leaders Shabbaton: A Weekend of Solidarity

The experience of being a self-identifying Orthodox Feminist Jewish woman on a college campus can be simultaneously empowering and alienating. ...

Shelo Asani Isha

It was mid-August and the air conditioning was broken in the café on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Across ...

Finding a Place at the JOFA UK Conference

“You’re thinking of going to a conference on Orthodox Feminism? But that can’t exist. Besides, you don’t hate men or ...

An Open Letter to Everyone Who Asks Me Why I’m Still Here

This is the second post in a two-part series of blog posts written by high school students. We encourage you ...

A Controversial Clarification

This is the first post in a two-part series of blog posts written by high school students. We encourage you ...

Is there a MOFA (Muslim Orthodox Feminist Alliance)?

This past week, I listened to a Public Radio interview with Humaira Awais Shahid, a Muslim woman who is a Pakistani ...