JOFA's Torch
The Torch explores gender and religion in the Jewish community. Named for Deborah the Prophetess, “the woman of torches,” the blog highlights the passion and fiery leadership of Jewish feminists, while evoking the powerful image of feminists “passing the torch” to a new generation. Disclaimer: All posts are contributed by third party authors. JOFA does not assume responsibility for the facts and opinions presented in them.
An Open Letter to Everyone Who Asks Me Why I’m Still Here
This is the second post in a two-part series of blog posts written by high school students. We encourage you ...
A Controversial Clarification
This is the first post in a two-part series of blog posts written by high school students. We encourage you ...
No More Whispers
What can happen when we take mikvah out of the realm of the hidden, and bring it into a space ...
Mothers and Daughters in Shul
I was sitting in synagogue beside a beautiful, ornate, wood carved mechitzah when I saw something I had never noticed ...
JOFA Kickstarter Celebrates Women Scholars
For millennia, it has been taken for granted that the place for Jewish women was in the home and in ...
Bring Back Our Children (And Send Back Those Children?)
I’ve been pushing off writing this post all week. I’ve been hoping that the boys would return home, that the girls would return home, ...
The “Dance” of Halakha
A new issue of the JOFA Journal will soon be in our subscribers’ mailboxes; its theme is Orthodox women in ...
From Secular Jew to Talmud Scholar Part II: Many Ways to Study Talmud
Click here for part 1 of this series. Rabbi Benay Lappe instructed us in the traditional method of Talmud study, ...
If Not Now, When? Making Up for Lost Time
As I flick through the pages of my pocket prayer book deliberating over which tunes to pick for Lecha Dodi ...
Spiritual Nourishment at a Graduation?
I know that attending the Yeshivat Maharat graduation is the “right thing to do” but it is easy to forget, ...