Israel’s High Court Opens Rabbinic Ordination Exams to Women
Israel's High Court of Justice's ruling against gender-based discrimination in rabbinic ordination exams fostered a sense of hope for women.
Who Will Lead the Priestesses?
On the evening of July 20, members of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute found an unexpected email from Rabbi Jill Hammer and Taya Mâ Shere in their inboxes.
Memoir | Only Living Bodies Bleed
All the years that I was religious, I couldn’t find the good in the forced separation around menstruation. It made me feel like my very essence, the soft and miraculous parts of my womanhood, was distasteful, to be kept at a distance.
Why Comedians Love Jewish Mothers & More with Comedian Judy Gold
For veteran stand-up comedian Judy Gold, turning overbearing Jewish mothers into a shtick is an act of love and reverence.
The New Year of the Woman
More women are running for major political office than ever before.
Ink Plotz: Jewish Women and Confessional Comics
by Amanda Walgrove
Sure, the Oscars ceremony might feature more Jews than your grandmother's Passover seder, but despite how it might seem, cinema isn't the only...