A Judy Chicago retrospective and a new book about ultra-Orthodox artists explore women who push boundaries
The discussion about women’s roles in American synagogues began more than a century ago
The Jewish Women’s Archive marks its 25th anniversary with a new encyclopedia offering ‘radical access’ to a wide range of women’s experiences
Thirty years after her own Jewish studies in Israel, the author’s daughter enters a Torah-studies program in Jerusalem and reveals a new world of opportunities for women
A new BuzzFeed video considers the ‘perks of dating a Jewish girl’
About 20 people gathered at the Center for Jewish History in New York on Sunday to create, correct, and expand upon the Wikipedia entires of important female Jewish figures throughout history
The U.S. Treasury has announced a redesign of the sawbuck
How an adopted ritual helped one convert make peace with her unruly mane
They’ve long been a sartorial staple for observant Jewish women
As a Hasidic girl, I was denied the chance to study Torah properly. Now I want my daughter to learn more than I did.
By giving her characters perfect endings, the wildly popular writer may actually undermine them
I’ve struggled for decades to feel comfortable in synagogue as a single woman. Wrapped in a silk prayer shawl, I finally felt at home.
When I got married, my sheitel was a symbol of my vows and my Orthodoxy. Then it became a symbol of my discontent.
Women from all over the world will travel to Ukraine to pray at the grave of Hasidic leader Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
‘Not being able to process it religiously makes it a very hard experience. We thought it’s important to give it a voice.’
The first graduating class at Yeshivat Maharat may not have the title, but they do have jobs at Orthodox synagogues
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