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Advancing Women’s Learning Without Any Fanfare

In Orthodox feminist circles, Rabbanit Chana Henkin is considered a pioneer. A native of Spring Valley in Rockland County and a graduate of Stern College, she moved in 1972 with her husband, Rabbi Yehuda Henkin, to Israel, where she founded Nishmat, an independent institution of higher Torah learning for women. In the last 27 years, Rabbanit […]

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What Israeli Films Are Saying

For a massive film industry like Hollywood or Bollywood, churning out hundreds of films a year, a selection of nine new films wouldn’t tell you much about the state of their business, their audience or their nation. For a small-nation film industry, however, the nine films being shown in the Israel Film Center Festival June […]

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Israeli Moms Advocating For Cannabis Research

Medical marijuana is helping children with autism and epilepsy–these moms are pushing for research

A Video Tour Of New York’s Jewish Lower East Side

Keeper Of The Flame

The Chief Rabbi And The Archbishop: Pushing Beyond Interfaith Clichés

First Read For May 15

A Painful Decision

First Read For May 12

Debate Roils Over Orthodox Menstruation App

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