Meet the First Female Orthodox Jewish Rabbi
Orthodox Judaism is not known for being particularly progressive—women and men are typically not allowed to sit next to…
Strictly Orthodox Rabbis Start Modesty Hotline Because Whores
If you are a strictly Orthodox Jewish person living in London and you see another person (presumably strictly Orthodox…
Why Yes, There Are Orthodox Members of Jerusalem's Women of The Wall
Critics of the Women of the Wall—female Jewish advocates of the equal right to prayer at the Western Wall by reading…
Ultra-Orthodox Men Now Wearing Special Blinders to Avoid Seeing Sexy Things
Feeling tempted by scantily-dressed women on the bus, or sexy billboards by the side of the road? If you're an…
On Purim, Women Should Be Neither Seen Nor Heard
That's the message of an ad posted in the local paper of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey, NY. You can read…
Controversial Sex Story Could Actually Be Good For Yeshiva University
An anonymous story in the Yeshiva University Beacon has caused a scandal with its depiction of a premarital sexual…
Women On Brooklyn Bus Can Now Sit Wherever They Damn Well Please
The owner of the B110 bus in Brooklyn, which runs between two Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn, insists that…
Women Told They Must Ride In The Back Of The Bus In Brooklyn
Even today women are being sent to the back of the bus, and we're not talking metaphorically or in some foreign…
Rabbis Have Spoken: Single Moms Officially Not Kosher
Rabbi Menachem Burstein, head of the Puah Institute, a Jewish fertility organization, has declared that "there is not…
Made In The Shade
[Jerusalem, June 8. Image via Getty]
New School For Orthodox Jewish Women Opens, But Will They Be Rabbis?
Yesterday, the opening of Yeshivat Mahara"t, a new training program for Orthodox Jewish women to become spiritual…
Peace In The Middle East: Is Yoga Kosher?
"I personally do not think that Yoga can co-exist with Judaism, because, Yoga is for Satanists, while Judaism is not,…
Can One Woman Start An "Orthodox Feminist Revolution?"
Tova Hartman is challenging some of the tenets of Orthodox Judaism by founding a traditional Orthodox synagogue that…