Ritual Inclusion

Being a woman on Simchat Torah is hard for me, but not for the reasons you might think.Maybe I am ...

Kol Sasson Congregation was founded in Skokie, Illinois in 2003 as a Shira Hadasha-style minyan. At first, we met on ...

There is a particular photograph that adorns the imagination of every engaged couple; it is of a young girl, age ...

I have always fancied myself as a feminist. When I was in primary school, I remember arguing with one of ...

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

This is an exciting time of the year to be an observant Jew. The religious momentum in the months of ...

Ever since I was young, I have always felt a strong connection to Purim. For most girls at that age, ...

Last month, my daughter celebrated her Bat Mitzvah. In the months before her Bat Mitzvah we moved from the Boston-area ...

This past Simchat Torah, my mother began planning her synagogue’s first women’s mincha, afternoon service. She was inspired by the ...

This past Shabbat as I walked to synagogue for mincha, afternoon services, I was thinking about how I would introduce ...