Ultra-Orthodox women take up Talmud study

How Rabbi Akiva’s wife emerged as a role model to Orthodox women struggling to balance families and careers

In Israel, the fitness trend has become ‘a revolution’ among religious women

Online offerings have driven up attendance for women’s religious services and Torah-learning sessions

A new book deepens the Orthodox Jewish community’s conversation around female sexuality

A response to Rabbi Avi Shafran’s claims that Jewish law protects Orthodox women from sexual abuse

When my mother decided that our family was Orthodox, I changed my whole wardrobe. But I’d change it many more times before I found a style that reflected my own beliefs.

A memoir of two currents of Modern Orthodox feminism in Blu Greenberg and Tamar Ross, with degrees of activism and tolerance at the heart of the difference

When I wanted to say kaddish for my mother, I found that my options as a woman were limited—and less than welcoming

As a feminist in the Orthodox community, I’ve spent a lifetime trying to reconcile the choice to cover my hair

To fight the chained-wife problem, more women are insisting on a special prenup

In Israel, women-only performance groups fed my spirit after years of self-imposed sacrifice

An all-female troupe of actors will stage ‘Into the Woods’ later this month

They’ve long been a sartorial staple for observant Jewish women

Observant mothers-to-be hire doulas who share their religious practices and understand their specific needs