It’s Jew vs. Jew in France as conflict over women reading Torah turns ugly An egalitarian event at a Jewish cultural center in Marseille pitted liberals against a growing and increasingly influential Orthodox establishment.
NY’s 1st Hasidic female judge sworn in at ceremony featuring Yiddish ‘God Bless America’ Rachel Freier, 51, a mother of six and former lawyer from Brooklyn. was sworn in with Hasidic performer Lipa Schmeltzer offering the song.
Satmar decree bars women from higher education The Yiddish-language decree reportedly says college education for girls is “dangerous” and “against the Torah.”
