Women & Feminism

Lesbian and Jewish theater icon Elizabeth Swados died in January at the age of 64. Swados was an American writer, composer, musician ...

I’m thinking a lot about Shabbat candle lighting nowadays, in part because I’m awaiting the birth of my first grandchild ...

It was a sunny winter day in Boca Raton, Florida. My mother and I approached the home where local history ...

If you had to pick one figure from Black history who inspires you, who would it be? An unfair question ...

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — we are the capital city of the Commonwealth. No, Pennsylvania’s capital is not in Philadelphia. Several years ago ...

It is common for groups who are discriminated against or have little power in a society to turn on one ...

My roommate came home yesterday with a story I’ve experienced myself too many times in too many different ways.She was ...

I’m one of those hard-to-categorize Jews, caught somewhere between the Conservative and Orthodox denominations. My practice leans Orthodox, my passion ...

Meesh: Back then, in biblical times, the ceiling was not glass, and I don’t think Esther or Ruth made any attempt ...

Rabbi Jeremy Stern, who serves as the Executive Director of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) recently penned ...

My daughter Ktoret Ashira was born on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem in 2001. Two and a half years ago we ...

I am learning the laws of niddah, laws that relate to menstruation and sexuality, with a group of women. It has ...