Are women kosher supervisors a step toward gender equality? Some women who took the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s kosher supervision exam last week — the first time the exam was open to women — see the development as entrenching, not changing, female roles in Orthodoxy.
‘Price tag’ attacks foul pope’s Israel visit, Jerusalem patriarch says The Roman Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem said vandalism by suspected Jewish extremists “poison the atmosphere” of the upcoming visit by Pope Francis.
Rabbis honored for applying Jewish law to modern life Four eminent rabbis will be honored for their work in applying halacha, or Jewish law, to modern life.