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MK Rachel Azaria (Kulanu) is ejected from the Interior Affairs Committee meeting on a law proposal for changing regulations ritual bath use, on June 6, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 7, 2016, 11:39 pm
As ritual bath bill faces stormy waters, women debate Lysistrata-like boycott
With the Knesset resembling reality TV, could a Greek comedy hold the key for religious women protesting more governmental regulation over traditional practices?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Senior Rabbi of Rivardale Jewish Center Jonathan Rosenblatt speaks at a solidarity interfaith gathering attended by clergy, politicians, community leaders and activists at the Riverdale Jewish Center in Bronx, NY, Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp)
June 3, 2015, 4:46 pm
Why more reports of rabbinic sex abuse are a good thing
As the Bronx District Attorney opens an investigation into Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, experts say lifting the shroud of silence is key to raising awareness and eliminating the problem of clergy misdeeds
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Talmud teacher Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy with students at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (courtesy Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies)
March 8, 2015, 10:17 am
Orthodox feminists say they don’t want a revolution
Female rabbis and other religious Jewish feminists discuss the need for evolution and patience in the struggle for equal rights
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative photo of a mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath (Mayyim Hayyim / JTA)
October 22, 2014, 3:24 am
Freundel scandal highlights converts’ vulnerability
How was an alleged sexual predator given absolute power over his female charges? And how can such situations be prevented in the future?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Uriel Heilman
Illustrative photo of religious girls at study. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 13, 2014, 4:53 am
Modesty police on the prowl at NY Jewish school
A much-shared letter by female student accuses the Yeshivah of Flatbush of being ‘predatory’ in its scrutiny of girls’ attire
By Uriel Heilman
An Orthodox Jewish woman (left) prays alongside a young Jewish woman wearing tefillin at the Western Wall (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 21, 2014, 7:50 pm
Orthodox girls fight for the right to don tefillin
As young women come of age and demand more gender equality, observant communities are made to contend with a heady dose of halachic egalitarianism
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Member of Beersheba's Kehilat Be'erot praying. (photo credit: courtesy)
November 21, 2013, 3:07 pm
Orthodox, separate — and almost equal
The partnership minyan phenomenon, marked by its liberal inclusion of women in leading prayer, is proving highly contentious and increasingly popular — a veritable Jewish revolution
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Fraidy Reiss, 38, the founder of Unchained at Last, the first nonprofit in the US dedicated to getting women out of arranged and forced marriages. (photo credit: Leeor Bronis)
June 5, 2013, 6:03 am
Freedom from the bonds of unholy matrimony
Founded by a former ultra-Orthodox woman, Unchained at Last helps wives from all faiths leave abusive arranged marriages
By Leeor Bronis
April 20, 2013, 4:28 pm
Where ‘rock star’ Anat Hoffman turns raging feminist
The very different buzz that surrounds Women of the Wall in Israel and in the US underlines a vast, troubling gulf in perspective
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Dr. Elana Sztokman, author of 'The Men's Section.' (Photo credit: Courtesy)
February 26, 2012, 7:45 am
Brother suffragettes
Elana Sztokman’s work on a new feminist approach within modern Orthodoxy is making waves around the Jewish — and non-Jewish — world
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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