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Jofa and Sharsheret are pleased to partner in offering a two-part training course on Tuesday and Thursday, August 8 & 10, from 10-11:30AM EDT, via Zoom, to provide Orthodox women in self-identified leadership roles (broadly including communal organizations and educational institutions) with information and resources to support women facing breast cancer or ovarian cancer, as …
Sharsheret and Jofa
Cancer Support Training Course
August 8 & 10 Read More »
Join Jofa and Hadassah in person atFOOD FOR THOUGHT: A LEARNING & TASTING EVENTEXPLORING HEROINES OF THE TALMUD,on Wednesday evening, May 31, in Richmond, Virginia.See below for details, and RSVP here.We hope to see you!
If you’re organizing a women’s Megillat Ruth reading or learning opportunity for Shavuot, we’d love to hear about it and spread the word! Please simply reply to this email, or drop us a line at jofa@jofa.org. Check out Jofa’s Megillat Ruth & Shavuot Resource Page for excellent recordings, accessible both online and via downloadable Apple app, as well as Shavuot articles from our Jofa Journal. Jofa is deeply …
JOFA’s Devorah Scholars Program provides funding for Orthodox synagogues in North America to hire their first paid full-time or part-time Orthodox women in spiritual leadership roles. This is the first program of its kind to meet a growing need for women’s leadership in Orthodox spaces, where Devorah Scholars fulfill a range of needs such as …
Devorah Scholars Applications Due Nov 17 Deadline Read More »
By Daphne Lazar Price, April 9, 2023 Jews must be able to live free of fear, including in Israel, where rockets from Lebanon are antisemitic violence, plain and simple. Read more on Jofa’s Times of Israel Blog.
Thank you to all of the partners, panelists, and participants who joined us for the “Mental Health: You & Us” webinar. Thank you to our presenting partner, No Shame On U. Thank you to our thoughtful and knowledgeable expert panelists, Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, and Dr. Anat Geva of No Shame …
