JOFA is partnering with college campuses to bring dynamic and exciting programs to their Jewish student bodies. The goals of the programs are:
- To help campuses with large Jewish student bodies create a forum for open dialogue about Jewish issues in an environment respectful of diversity.
- To help create, and allow for, a space for Jewish feminist thought and practices, for both men and women, within the campus community.
If you are interested in bringing one of JOFA's college programs to your campus community contact us at
888-550-JOFA or karen.sponder@jofa.org
Past Programs:
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Screening of "Mekudeshet"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Facilitated by Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Women's Bet Midrash series
Monday, October 26, 2009
Presenter: Emily Singer
"Who Says Women Can't Touch a Torah Scroll?
The Astounding Origins of this Tradition"
ISRAELI FILM NIGHT
A screening of three short films from the Ma'aleh School of Television and Film in Jerusalem, followed by a brief discussion.
Cantor Film Center
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Moderator: Allie Alperovich
University of Pennsylvania
Beit Midrash for Women series
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Presenter: Tammy Jacobowitz
"Women's Leadership in the Story of Exodus"
New York University
Ta Shma at JELO (Jewish Enrichment Learning Opportunity)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Presenter: Devorah Zlochower
"May Women Touch a Torah Scroll?"
Stern College
Ta Shma Chevruta and Shiur, Part II
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Presenter: Devorah Zlochower
"May Women Touch a Torah Scroll?"
Stern College
Ta Shma Chevruta and Shiur, Part I
Monday, December 8, 2008
Presenter: Rahel Berkovits
"Women's Obligation in Kiddush of Shabbat"
Columbia University/Barnard College
Screening of Mekudeshet and Discussion
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Presenter: Dr. Susan Aranoff
University of Pennsylvania
Beit Midrash for Women series
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Presenter: Dr. Michelle Friedman
"Observant Jews and Modern Life-Psychology of Faithfulness/Dating and Marriage"
University of Pennsylvania
Beit Midrash for Women series
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Presenter: Rahel Berkovits
"Bruria: Model Homemaker or Radical Feminist?"
University of Maryland
Women's Leil Iyun: The Jewish Woman Throughout the Ages
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Presenter: Viva Hammer
"Women at the Eye of the Halakhic Storm: Developing Marriage Protection Agreements in the tension between American and Jewish Law"
University of Pennsylvania
Beit Midrash for Women series
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Presenter: Dr. Miriam Udel-Lambert
"Rabbinic Midrash as a Window onto Modern Religious Challenges and Tensions"
RESISTANCE AND ACCOMMODATION: CREATING HALAKHIC PARTNERSHIPS
An evening of discussion about how creative tensions between modern Orthodox Judaism and feminism can lead to unexpected perspectives and beliefs. Featuring Tova Hartman and a dialogue of the halakhot regarding Partnership Minyanim.
Brandeis University
Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 5:30pm-8:30pm
Co-sponsored by the Hadassah Brandeis Institute
AGUNAH
The halakhic roots of the problem, the gravity and dimension of the problem, and the debate over proposed solutions.
Binghamton University
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Presenter: Susan Aranoff
VOICES OF ORTHODOXY
Binghamton University
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Presenter: Devorah Zlochower
A FEMALE PRESIDENT OR FEMALE ORTHODOX RABBI...
WHICH WILL COME FIRST?
Explore innovative forms of leadership and changing conceptions of rabbinic authority within Orthodoxy.
University of Maryland Hillel
Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 6:00pm
Presenter: Sara Hurwitz
MEKUDESHET SCREENINGS
This groundbreaking documentary, by Anat Zuria, chronicles the struggle of three young Israeli women to obtain a get. The agunah, the wife trapped in a dead marriage, is one of the most painful challenges facing the Jewish community.
Click here for more information about Mekudeshet.
Social Justice Society of Yeshiva University
Tuesday November 27, 2007 - 7:30pm
Schottenstein Cultural Center
239 East 34th Street
Panalists: Rabbi Yona Reiss, Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, Josh Ross, Susan Rosenfeld, and Audrey Trachtman
Minyan Urim at Yale University
Sunday November 5, 2006 - 7:00pm
Presenter: Susan Aranoff
Brandeis Univeristy
Wednesday April 26, 2006 - 7pm
Panelists: Prof. Sylvia Barack Fishman, Dr. Lisa Fishbayne, Rachell Maidenbaum Gober, and Sigal Landesberg
Co-sponsored by the Hadassah Brandeis Institute
Shown as part of JEWISHFILM.2006, the National Center for Jewish Film's 9th Annual Film Festival
University of Maryland Hillel
Wednesday March 29, 2006 - 6:30pm
Panelists: Dr. Susan Aranoff & Josh Ross
Penn Hillel
Sunday November 13, 2005 - 5:30pm
Panalists: Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin & Josh Ross
Columbia/Barnard Hillel
Monday October 10, 2005 - 7:30pm
Panelists: Dr. Susan Aranoff & Josh Ross
SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE
Penn Hillel
November 18-19, 2005
Scholar in Residence: Jennie Rosenfeld
