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Yeshiva University Dean Wants to Reverse Gains in Women’s Torah Learning
My social media has been abuzz this past week with the commentary on a recent article published by Rabbi Mordechai ...
Rabbi Elected to National Office in Africa
Yes, it’s true. The Chief Rabbi of Uganda has been elected to parliament in his home country. A remarkable feat ...
It’s Not You, It’s Me: The Pew Study and Talented Tenth Judaism
By now, if you are reading this, you undoubtedly have been inundated with punditry about the meaning of the Pew ...
Antisemitism & Bigotry, Members of the Scribe
The Golden Child
Recently, one of my writing students turned in a story featuring an adorable, vulnerable child whose blue eyes were “wide ...
A New Cookbook Celebrates the Culinary Traditions of Indian Jews
Every Indian Jewish community has a unique, fascinating culinary culture.
Celebrate, Jewish Texts, JOFA's Torch, Purim, Study
Leyning In
Two summers ago I was having a relaxed conversation with Judy Heicklen, the president of JOFA. She mentioned to me ...
JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
Modesty – How Everyone Gets It Wrong, and Why We Need to Get it Right
The use of tzniut, modesty, as a cudgel against Jewish women has been well documented in the JOFA Journal, conferences, ...
Kashrut Themes: Contemporary Concerns
Modern Jews balance their secular knowledge and Jewish commitments in forging attitudes toward traditional dietary laws.
Denominations, Jewish History, Live, Study
Jewish Denominations: Emergence and Growth
Modernization and its discontents.