Gender & Sexuality

Reappropriating the Taboo

Bringing new meaning to the status of a menstruating woman.

How Adler uses feminist ideas to challenge Jewish law.

From theologies that address the male-ness of God to ones that address the femininity of males.

A survey of Jewish feminist challenges and responses to traditionally male language for God.

We cannot condone the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Dinah's debut is as quick as her disappearance in the Torah.

Different versions and parallels from classical sources and manuscripts provide an interesting perspective on this controversial blessing.

How can Jews be better allies to the LGBTQ community?

Writer Erika K. Davis reflects on the Chicago Dyke March and provides perspective as a Queer Jew of Color.

The limitations of the teacher I encountered as a young student don’t represent an entire segment of Jewish thinking.

Last summer, when I joined Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel (ASBI), the local Modern Orthodox synagogue in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, I discovered ...

Sarai is just one example of the biblical stigma of not being able to conceive.