Congregation Sha’arei Orah President Susie Ratner and Rabbanit Leah Sarna as Sarna signs her contract (Photo courtesy of Sha’arei Orah) Congregation Sha’arei Orah installed its first spiritual leader ...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — In 2019, Sarah Segal-Katz was one of six Orthodox Jewish women who petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice for the right to take the same accreditation exams the Chief Rabbinate ...
“The purpose of prayer is to get into a habit of building a connection with God,” Rabbi Miller told us. “We can ask God for ...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Over the years, many of the young Orthodox women studying at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary yearned to join a combat unit in the Israeli army but knew that staying religiously ...
Allison Josephs is a Jewish American storyteller who created "Jew in the City," a nonprofit with a mission to change negatives perceptions about the Orthodox Jewish community through storytelling. "I ...
A new book details one Orthodox Jewish woman's journey from married to a man to coming out as a lesbian. By 19, Sara – nee Malka – Glass got everything an ultra-religious Jewish woman from the insular ...
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 ...