Orthodox Women
The Birth of a Female Orthodox Rabbinate
When I was ordained as a rabbi, a little under two years ago, my husband hosted a lovely party at ...
An Israeli Orthodox Feminist Visits JOFA
When I was 17, as part of my high school matriculation requirements, I wrote a paper on the subject of ...
Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence in the Orthodox World
When I say I work at a domestic violence shelter that serves the religious community, reactions are divided and fall ...
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 ...
How My Good Girl Routine Failed Me
I was born Orthodox. I was raised Orthodox. And without much of a rebellion at all, I slipped into adulthood ...
Modesty – How Everyone Gets It Wrong, and Why We Need to Get it Right
The use of tzniut, modesty, as a cudgel against Jewish women has been well documented in the JOFA Journal, conferences, ...
Can Modesty Be A Feminist Choice?
By the time I finally bought my first bikini, I was sixteen years old. As a chubby kid who had ...
What About the Women?
This question has hounded me since childhood – both in the secular world where I grew up and in the ...
Not Seen and Not Heard
Last week, the Israeli ultra-Orthodox paper, HaMevaser, photoshopped German Chancellor Angela Merkel out of a photograph of the solidarity march ...