JOFA

Ideas

I believed diverse coalitions would benefit Jewish women. Now I fear we were all alone.

“I can’t continue to work with those who don’t see me in the same light, as someone deserving of love and respect,” writes the executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.

A history of the radical Jewish feminists and the one subject they never talked about

These trailblazers were influenced by their often unspoken Jewish backgrounds. A new book explores how.

Orthodox Union bars women from serving as clergy in its synagogues

Under the ruling, women may not hold a title such as “rabbi,” or even serve without title in a role in which she would be performing "common" clergy functions.