On Sunday, May 18, at 8PM EDT, PORAT, Eshel, Jofa, Yeshivat Maharat, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Uri L’Tzedek will present “LGBTQ Children in Orthodox Day Schools.” We will hear from parents and students, moderated by Dr. Jeremy Novich, Clinical Director at JQY. This will be an opportunity to hear about what is working and what can be […]
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On Friday morning, May 2 at 9:30 am, Rabbi Herzl Hefter, founder of Yeshivat Har’El will be speaking in Silver Spring, MD (Kemp Mill) on the topic of: Is there a conflict between morality and halakha? Please RSVP here to receive location. Is there a conflict between morality and halakha? Modern Orthodox Jews are facing unprecedented challenges today
On Friday-Shabbat, May 2-3, Parshat Tazria-Metzora, Dr. Aliza Lavie will serve as the Jofa Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Beth Sholom, Providence, RI. Topics include: Sacred Voices: Women’s Prayer and Public Space after 10/7, Iconic Jewish Women from Queen Esther to Deborah Lipstadt, and Responsibility, Legislation, and the Link Between the Kenesset and the Jewish World. For
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
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
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 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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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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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
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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