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Tag: Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance

0 Gender/Identity Antisemitism

May these moments multiply

eJewishPhilanthropy · 21 Jun

Daphne Lazar Price, the executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA), spoke at a conference about supporting women in the Orthodox community.

0 Jewish Law Gender/Identity

Orthodox women activists pledge to hold ‘sex strike’ to protest religious divorce refusal

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 7 Mar

Orthodox women activists are planning a sex strike to protest a husband's refusal to grant a religious divorce, leaving his wife unable to remarry under Jewish law.

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Steven M. Cohen, shunned by academy after harassment allegations, makes stealthy comeback — and provokes uproar

Forward · 23 Mar 2021

Steven M. Cohen, a prominent Jewish sociologist who was forced out of his tenured position in 2018 due to allegations of sexual assault and harassment, has recently been involved in off-the-record conversations about American Jewish life, sparking controversy and outrage among his accusers and their supporters.

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Welcoming the Fall 2020 Tablet Journalism Fellows

Tablet Magazine in Tablet · 2 Oct 2020

Tablet has introduced a class of 10 fellows who will work with them for three months.

0 Jewish Law Gender/Identity

Hilkhot Nashim: A Cautious Revolution

Gila Bieler-Hoch in Lehrhaus · 24 Mar 2019

"Hilkhot Nashim" is a publication by the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) that aims to dispel misconceptions about women's obligations in Jewish ritual practice and encourages increased observance.

0 Literature Culture

People of the Book: Ep. 138

Unorthodox · 7 Jun 2018

In episode 138 of People of the Book, Israeli-born writer Ruby Namdar discusses his novel "The Ruined House," exploring themes of madness through the character of Andrew P. Cohen in New York City.

0 Gender/Identity Communities

The State of the Conversation

Zev Eleff and Ari Lamm in Lehrhaus · 28 Feb 2017

The Orthodox Union's recent statement on professional roles for women in Orthodox synagogues has sparked a heated debate, leading to a symposium by Lehrhaus to reflect on the issue.

0 Gender/Identity Leadership

Exclusive: Orthodox Union Adopts New Policy Barring Women Clergy

Forward · 2 Feb 2017

The Orthodox Union has recently adopted a policy prohibiting women from serving as clergy in its member congregations across the United States, prohibiting them from holding titles such as rabbi or performing clergy functions.

0 Gender/Identity Culture

The Birds and the Bees Ep. 16

Unorthodox · 19 Nov 2015

In "The Birds and the Bees" episode 16, BatSheva Marcus, a sex counselor and president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, discusses common issues faced by her patients, finding rabinically-approved erotica for observant Jews, and the importance of maintaining a sexual connection in long-term relationships.

0 Prayer Gender/Identity

A Mother’s Kaddish: Mourning for My Son, From the Women’s Section

Shelley Richman Cohen in Tablet · 21 Jan 2014

Shelley Richman Cohen recounts her journey of mourning her son Nathaniel, who passed away at 21 due to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.