Daphne Price

Sunday May 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM: Join Jofa at the The Beis Community in Washington Heights to learn with Rabbi Herzl Hefter, Founder of Yeshivat Har’El

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On Sunday evening, May 4 at 7:00 pm, Rabbi Herzl Hefter, founder of Yeshivat Har’El will be speaking in Washington Heights at The Beis Community on the topic of: Is there a conflict between morality and halakha? Please RSVP here. Is there a conflict between morality and halakha? Modern Orthodox Jews are facing unprecedented challenges today in terms […]

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RSVP for Jofa event with Aliza Lavie, PhD, Upper West Side area of NYC. 8:00 pm, September 16, 2024

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On Monday, September 16 at 8:00 PM on the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City.Email confirmation with location will be sent to all registrants. Dr. Lavie will discuss: Today’s Leadership Crisis: Lessons & Wisdom from Generations of Jewish Female Leadership Political instability; social reforms; daily demonstrations and mass protests; increasing religious disconnect; widening

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Join Jofa and Cherry Hill, NJ community members for in-depth learning and discussion about women and Sefer Torah. We will be studying directly from Hilkhot Nashim Volume II: Kiddush, Hamotsi, Havdalah, and Sefer Torah.

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On Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 6:30 pm, in Cherry Hill, NJ Daphne Lazar Price will discuss Hilkhot Nashim, Volume II An in-depth learning and discussion about women and Sefer Torah. Open to all community members! Please RSVP here: Event is free, but RSVP is required. Email confirmation with location will be sent to all

Join Jofa and Cherry Hill, NJ community members for in-depth learning and discussion about women and Sefer Torah. We will be studying directly from Hilkhot Nashim Volume II: Kiddush, Hamotsi, Havdalah, and Sefer Torah. Read More »

RSVP for Screening of “Screams Before Silence,” Sunday, July 28, in Rockville, MD

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Join us Sunday, July 28 for a second community screening of Screams Before Silence, a documentary film by technology executive Sheryl Sandberg examining the rape, assault and mutilation of women and girls by Hamas on October 7, 2023.  We will come together to bear witness and hear eyewitness accounts from released hostages, survivors, and first responders

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RSVP for Book Talk with Gila Fine: Kemp Mill area of Silver Spring, MD June 19 @ 7:30 pm

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On Sunday, June 19, at 7:30PM, in the Kemp Mill Neighborhood of Silver Spring, MD Gila Fine will discuss her brand new book, “The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud,” which was recently released on June 1, 2024. The book, focusing on the six named heroines of the Talmud, explores

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One Year Later: Reflections on the Dobbs Decision and What Remains at Stake
By Daphne Lazar Price

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As we near the one year anniversary of the Dobbs decision – which overturned federal constitutional protections of privacy and abortion rights that have stood since the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision – I am taking stock of the many experiences that women have shared regarding trying to access medical health care, including abortion access. I’m also reflecting

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Agunah Day
Monday, March 6
Worldwide

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Ta’anit Esther, the day before Purim – this year, Monday, March 6 – is the annual International Agunah Day because, like many Jewish women today, Esther was trapped in a forced marriage to the Persian king, and spent years fearing her husband. Advocates worldwide observe International Agunah Day to raise awareness of the plight of the modern-day agunah, standing in solidarity with

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Rabbanit Avital Engelberg

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Rabbanit Avital Engelberg is the Director of Maharat H-HARETZ in Israel, and serves as Ramit at Midreshet Ein HaNatziv. She also facilitates Orthodox weddings outside the rabbinate with the CHUPPOT organization. Rabbanit Avital was a fellow of the halakha program at Midreshet Lindenbaum and holds a B.A. in Theatre from Tel Aviv University, and a Master’s degree in

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Jofa Makes the “10 to Watch,” by The Slingshot Fund

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•The Slingshot Fund has released its 2022 “10 to Watch,” a list of 10 relatively new Jewish nonprofits responding to the current concerns of American Jews in original ways.• This year’s list spotlights issues that have become hot topics in Jewish communal discourse in recent years, including gender equality, mental health and Jewish racial diversity.•

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