JOFA’s Torch

Her name can be found in most American history books, and her accomplishments are part of every U.S. history curriculum. ...

Rushing into a conference midway through a speech, I scanned the room for a seat then stopped, startled. Had I entered the ...

Dr. Monique Katz, a member of JOFA’s Board of Directors, once shared a d’var Torah that has stuck with me ...

Michal Dicker shares her compelling story of growing into her Orthodox feminist identity. She originally submitted this essay to gain ...

My mother-in-law likes to use the expression “you could have knocked me down with a feather.” I can’t quite imagine ...

This was my first Pesach away from home. I am a first-year college student and although I love my college and ...

Jewish tradition has four names for the Passover Holiday—Hag HaAviv (the Spring Festival), Hag HaMatsot (the Holiday of Unleavened Bread), ...

Orthodox feminism’s struggle for women’s leadership and ritual inclusion set a strong precedent for the recent consideration of the issues ...

The HaggadahWhen my family sits down to the seder table, we won’t be passing around the Maxwell House Hagaddahs. We ...

The seder is my favorite Jewish ritual, and every year, I have the best of intentions. In line with the ...

It is the day before Passover and everyone has a yahrtzeit but me.My mother’s mother collapsed on seder night, ten days before her young grandson ...

This post has been translated from Hebrew to English by Bracha Jaffe.Shabbat afternoon between the afternoon and evening prayers is ...