Where Jewish and Muslim Women Find Sisterhood
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“You have to stir things up. Conflict is wrong only when people are defensive, instead of curious.”
Teen Voices: May the Faith Be With You
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“Raise your hand if you would have died in the Holocaust,” our teacher asked.
Teen Voices
Lessons from Aunt Sophie
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Though she led a very different Jewish life from her great Aunt Sophie, this teen writer found her confidence as a Jewish leader by hearing how her aunt “challenged her community’s religious restrictions.”
Africa
Ethiopian-Israelis Make Waves in New Homeland
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After decades of Ethiopian immigration to Israel, several black women now hold significant government posts and Israel recently crowned an Ethiopian as its national beauty queen. But hardship persists for women in these communities.
Crime & Law
Ex-Husband Appeals Jewish-Divorce Landmark Ruling
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An ex-husband is challenging a Canadian Supreme Court judgment that has been heralded as a major boost in the global cause for Jewish women’s stronger religious divorce rights. The woman in the case doesn’t think he has a chance.
Arts & Culture
Women in Prayer Jolted Judaism at Wailing Wall
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Dec. 1, 1988: Jewish feminists challenge tradition and invoke wrath.
Commentary
HPV Vaccine Flags Need for More Pap Tests
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Questions still swirl around the HPV vaccine a year after it was introduced and as the market awaits a second product. But if the public-health dialogue makes one thing clear, it’s that more women at risk of cervical cancer should get Pap tests.
Arts & Culture
Leaders Lift Spirit in Orthodox Women’s Section
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Orthodox Jewish women are leading a culture shift inside synagogues. One religious mentor, for instance, says the women’s section is singing more loudly now that she’s found a place at the lecture podium. Last in a series on women and religion.
Arts & Culture
Female Rabbis Brought Women’s Advocacy Into Faith
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June 3, 1972: The first female rabbi in the United States is ordained.