Men immersing in correlation with their partners’ menstrual cycles has been an almost unheard-of practice. NEW YORK (JTA) – Mikvah night has an unusual meaning in the Ozur Bass household. As for many ...

Submerging oneself in a pool of natural water is a long-standing Jewish tradition, and it's one that is getting a modern twist in Columbus. For the past few years, a board of Jewish community members ...

“I flow, I change constantly, I am my grief, I am my joy, I am human, I am divine light, I can submerge when I make the time.” — Shosh Madick. A ritual bath is something that Jewish women have done ...

It used to be that if Michael Weiss of Boca Raton wanted to take a ritual bath to prepare for a Jewish holiday, he’d have to drive all the way to a Hollywood synagogue. Not anymore. To prepare for Yom ...

JERUSALEM, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A 2,000-year-old ritual bath was discovered recently inside Jerusalem's Western Wall tunnels, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. In a statement released Wednesday, the ...

A WORKER WATERPROOFING a ritual Jewish bath burned to death yesterday when a cloud of combustible vapors ignited inside a Brooklyn basement, authorities and witnesses said. Two other workers were ...

Among the advocates for the modern mikvah is Anita Diamant, author of the best-selling book The Red Tent, a feminist take on an Old Testament story. Diamant argues that American Judaism, which she ...