JOFA’s Torch

It’s strange but true that being a woman made me uniquely positioned to write my historical novels. Growing up a ...

Every year at this time, from the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul into Tishrei, my mind vaguely registers that ...

As a Jewish woman raised in a Conservative home, a Reform synagogue, and who has been Modern Orthodox since the ...

Five months ago, I wrote about my struggles as a newly married woman in adjusting to the observance of Taharat ...

Each shofar has a unique undulating shape and trumpeting sound. The sound may be low and haunting or bold and ...

To My Bais Yaakov Education,I thought I knew what I was getting into when I made the jump from a ...

Feminism has become a dirty word.In discussions with students, this is what I hear: “Sure, I think women should get ...

The quintessential image of home, holiness, and Jewish motherhood is that of a woman blessing the Shabbat candles, performing a ...

As I walked in the door from a long day at work, I started receiving calls and emails from friends ...

There were a couple of times when I said Kaddish in some unconventional or “unorthodox” circumstances, but they were quite ...

“To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting America’s origins in a slavery economy is patriotism a’ la carte.” A recent ...

The recitation of Kaddish benefits both the soul of the departed loved one, as well as the mourner.