For centuries, Jewish men were immersed in Torah and Talmud. But what about the women who were typically excluded from formal study? It’s not that they were uneducated. They drew on a different kind ...

When filmmaker Sandi DuBowski went to Jerusalem in the 1990s looking for gay Orthodox Jews to interview for his film “Trembling Before G-d,” he was told the same thing over ...

Flagship university of Massachusetts public system says Israel boycott at gathering hosted by feminist German scholar group ...

By the time the playwright Liba Vaynberg and I manage to steal a few minutes on Zoom, it’s already midday on a Friday, which means I’m running late from an ...

Senior Academic Tutor, St Andrew's College, and Sessional Academic, Discipline of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies,, University of Sydney I have received government funding when studying for my PhD ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Once men and women take the same exam, ‘every community can decide for themselves what kind of teacher or leadership model they want,’ said Michelle Shelemay Dvir, a religious ...

About one-third of women experience hair loss at some time in their lives. For women who have been through menopause, it is two-thirds. Research shows it can truly affect a woman's well-being. That's ...

Like many Jewish Americans, Hannah Gay Keao has been living on edge and fear of antisemitism since Hamas’ deadly October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. But when her daughter asked why she was sad hours ...

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Having recently celebrated the 77th year of Israel’s independence this Yom Ha’atzmaut, the need for Israel’s existence as the world’s only Jewish state is paramount for the Jewish people’s survival.