The recent decision by the Rabbinical Council of America to prohibit the ordination and hiring of female rabbis upset Rana Bickel, a teen Rising Voices fellow at the Jewish Women’s Archive.
A Jewish widow ran into an unexpected snag when she was planning to remarry. A rabbi said that according to ancient law, she would need to marry her brother-in-law unless he freed her in a ceremony known as halitza.
Barbara Lee nurtured memories of her grandmother voting into a lifelong commitment to women. Along the way she found putting women into elected office is key to gaining other victories. Second in a series on women funding serious political change.
Coinciding with Israel’s 60th anniversary, 60 Israeli and Palestinian women tell their often conflicting stories in a new book. They also share a common conviction that peace is still possible.
Jane Eisner took over as editor of the Forward in June, becoming the first woman to run the 111-year-old Jewish progressive newspaper. When asked what kind of mark she’d like to make, she looks back to the paper’s activist heyday.
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