Tag: Hasidic Women

The latest episode of the podcast "Kiss and Tell" discusses the common trope of Hasidic women leaving their communities for queer self-discovery, focusing on Sara Glass's memoir "Kissing Girls on Shabbat."
In this episode of Unorthodox, the focus is on Ruchie Freier, the founder of Ezras Nashim, the first all-female volunteer ambulance in NYC established by Hasidic women in Brooklyn.
After years of delays and challenges, an Orthodox women's EMT corps named Ezras Nashim is set to launch in Brooklyn to cater to the needs of observant Jewish women who may feel uncomfortable being tended to by male EMTs due to religious modesty concerns.