women

Two Women Make a Quorum

As I wrote in The Torch last fall, I started attending the early morning minyan at my synagogue with the ...

What the Bible Says About Mother’s Day

“My husband forgot Mother’s Day flowers, so I had sex with another man.” So wrote an anonymous woman disappointed in ...

Passover: a Tribute to Women’s Wisdom

Over the generations women did not wait until the night of the Seder to show their commitment to upholding tradition. ...

What Happened to Dinah?

Although we’re a bit beyond the portion, there’s been a lot of social media chatter about Dinah – possibly because ...

Hanukkah Light for Women in Uganda

More than anything Nalugya Rehema wanted to be a mother. She was very happy when she got pregnant, but she ...

Jewish Men Behaving Badly

“Wear red lipstick when you meet with him,” warned a grad student. I only vaguely understood what she meant. The ...

#AmReading

Living in a house full of readers, I often find my book—the book that I reserved from the library to ...

Freundel: Not Just an Orthodox Problem

Much has been written about the impact of Rabbi Barry Freundel on the Orthodox world. In a community that sees ...

An Ancient Oath Renewed for Labor Day

Often reality is stranger than fiction; The vote for one of the first major strike in American history was taken ...

Maimonides’ Home and My Grandmother’s Song

Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one ...