More than 1,000 Orthodox women launched Israel’s first conference on the status of women in their community on Tuesday. Participants in the conference, sponsored by Bar-Ilan University and a new organization called Kolech, the Religious Women’s Forum, are discussing issues ranging from the role of women in synagogues to difficulties in obtaining religious divorces.
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