Jewish women
#UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
By Keren McGinity — October 17, 2023
(The Conversation) — In minority faith groups that already face hate, women who have experienced harassment sometimes fear bringing negative attention to their community.
The best books of 2022
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 27, 2022
They piled up on my nightstand, crowded my Kindle, and invaded my brain. You will love them, as well.
Synagogue challenges Florida abortion law over religion
By Curt Anderson — June 14, 2022
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The lawsuit filed by the Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor of Boynton Beach contends the law that takes effect July 1 violates Jewish teachings.
Orthodox Jewish women scholars’ growing authority is recognized in push to publish
By Beth Kissileff — March 29, 2022
(RNS) — A raft of new research fellowships and writing workshops represent a coming of age for the idea that learned women can claim authority in interpreting Jewish law.
This Hanukkah, learn about the holiday’s forgotten heroes: Women
By Alan Avery-Peck — December 1, 2021
(The Conversation) — The Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which in 2021 began on Nov. 28, focuses on the story of the Maccabees. But women are also heroes in stories about that era, including Judith and Hannah.
Women’s group brings Torahs to Western Wall, faces backlash from conservatives
By Michele Chabin — October 30, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Several hundred schoolchildren, seminary students and adults gathered at the Western Wall to protest Women of the Wall members who brought Torah scrolls to pray with in the women's section.
Jewish women divided over Women’s March face difficult choices
By Yonat Shimron — January 16, 2019
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Jewish women across the country are struggling to figure out whether to support a movement whose goals — electing Democratic leaders and building a more inclusive society — they too embrace, but whose leadership has been accused of anti-Semitism.
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