One of the great debates during the Haskalah period of the Enlightenment was the status of women. The Moskelim, as they were ...
From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality Traditional Jewish weddings share one key aspect with ...
Because women cannot generally initiate divorce, they can end up as “agunot,” which literally means “chained”: women whose husbands have refused to grant them a religious divorce. Even if the couple ...
This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay and Mariel Padilla of The 19th, a nonprofit news outlet. Meet Mel ...
(THE CONVERSATION) The end of August inaugurated the Hebrew month of Elul, when Jews all over the world start getting ready for the High Holidays: the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashana followed 10 days ...