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A woman blowing a shofar along a bay

The Queer Mikveh Project immerses marginalized Jews in a changing ritual

With group mikvah gatherings over Zoom, the project is testing the waters for what the practice can be.

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Some queer Jews are finding meaning in the laws of family purity, traditionally observed by married Orthodox couples

A small but growing group of queer Jews are adapting the the laws of family purity for their own marriages.

Mayyim Hayyim mikvah in Massachusetts closes to prevent coronavirus spread

Like many other mikvahs, the ritual bath had been employing enhanced cleaning procedures in order to stay open.

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Why Jewish communities are keeping mikvahs open amid the coronavirus outbreak — for now

Rabbi Gilberto Venturas and his wife

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Descendants of forcefully converted Jews open mikvah in northern Brazil

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Medieval bath may be earliest Jewish vestige in Brazil

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Mikvah-peeping Rabbi Barry Freundel to receive early release from jail

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Archaeologists may have found a mikvah near Marseille

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Upstate NY mikvah under construction vandalized with swastikas

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DC synagogue hires successor to Barry Freundel 2 1/2 years after mikvah-peeping rabbi’s arrest

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