We publish a range of writers on a range of relevant, timely topics on our Times of Israel blog, which you can always access here. If you’d like to write for our blog, and make your voice heard, please contact us at jofa@jofa.org.
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Jofa and Yeshivat Maharat are pleased to announce a joint solidarity mission to Israel, taking place from midday Monday, January 8, through Wednesday evening January 10, 2024. The mission will include on-the-ground visiting, volunteering, and learning initiatives, supporting women, evacuees, female soldiers, and all of Am Yisrael at this critical time. Help us bring chizuk
Jofa and Yeshivat Maharat
Israel Solidarity Mission
January 8-10, 2024 Read More »
This is a response to the statement issued by UN WOMEN on 13 October, which completely ignores the horrific situation of more than 220 innocent hostages, women, men and children, from the age of 9 months to 85 years old as well as the brutal attack and atrocities led by Hamas against Israeli citizens, including
With many thanks to Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe, Jofa has resources to help you learn to leyn Megillat Kohelet for Shabbat Sukkot, or V’zot HaBracha for Simchat Torah. If you need to borrow a Torah for your women’s tefillah, partnership minyan, or lifecycle celebration, please see info on our Torah Lending Program, and contact us at
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Jofa is pleased to offer another event in its “Food for Thought” series –in Stamford, Connecticut, on Sunday evening, October 15! RSVP NOW TO JOIN US! Join us to nourish your mind, body, and spirit. Learn about women in the Talmud with Daphne Lazar Price, Executive Director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. Register and bring
We’re thrilled to announce the first event in our local Hilkhot Nashim Community Learning series! Join Jofa in Philadelphia on Tuesday, October 17, at 7PM, for in-depth learning and discussion in Hilkhot Nashim — Volume II, led by Ruthie Braffman Shulman, Community Scholar and Yoetzet Halacha, on the topic of women reciting havdalah. RSVP HERE
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We’re proud to announce that Jofa’s “Shema Bekolah: The High Holiday Collection,” a compendium of divrei Torah by women for the entire high holiday season — including Selichot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah — is now available, via Amazon! Click here to order! We thank everyone who contributed to this
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This coming week is the reading of Parshat Shoftim, the first parsha of the month of Elul. It is a month, of course, associated with teshuva (return) in preparation for the upcoming holidays. So it seems fitting that the parsha begins: “Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourselves in all your cities…” (Deut. 16:18) Read
As we Turn Toward Elul,
Let’s Find Our Strengths
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The complicated details of Jewish divorce are based on only two verses in the Torah (Deut. 24:1-2 – They are in this week’s Torah reading, Parashat Ki Teitzei). Clearly the legal, economic, familial and psychological aspects of divorce are more complicated than the information written in two verses. This is evident to those of us
Find out more about the Devorah Scholars Program and how to apply!
Devorah Scholars:
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