Unity: Aḥeinu v'Aḥoteinu

Vol. XX, No. 1 | Kislev 5785 | Fall 2024

Articles

Unity: Aḥeinu v’Aḥoteinu Kol Beit Yisrael

By Daphne Lazar Price and Mindy Feldman Hecht

On Bearing Witness: Reflections on the Maharat and Jofa Mission to Israel

By Sara Hurwitz

Antisemitism on Campus: A Hillel Director’s Reflections

By Amalia Haas

Report from Cornell: A Campus Gone Mad

By Amanda Silberstein

Responding to Antisemitism at Columbia University

By Eliana Goldin

Let’s Not Demonize College Students

By Rebecca Raush

“Are You Here for the Injured or the Dead?”

By Roni Raffeld-Bluth

Life in Israel These Days is Different

By Lisa Sayegh

Halakhic Considerations Raised by the October 7th War

As a Lone Soldier’s Mother, I Choose the Road of Faith

By Shira Atik

I Believed Diverse Coalitions Would Benefit Jewish Women. Now I Fear We Were All Alone.

By Daphne Lazar Price

After October 7th, Jewish Unity Must Include Queer Jews

By Gila Romanof

Lessons Learned from the Legal Battle Against Campus Antisemitism

By Alyza D. Lewin

The Seven Essential Features of Anti-Judaism

By Malka Z. Simkovich

Holding One Thing

By Esther Altmann

Therapists Post-October 7th and the Courage to Be Human

By Dahlia Topolosky

Book Corner

Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Loopholes and Legal Integrity

By Elana Stein Hain | University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024, $59.95
Reviewed By Liz Shayne

Why Rain Comes from Above:Explorations in Religious Imagination

By Devora Steinmetz Hadar Press, 2024, $24.00
Reviewed By Ilana Kurshan

Uncovered: Women’s Roles, Mitzvot,and Sexuality in Jewish Law

By Nechama Goldman Barash Urim Publications, 2024, $29.95
Reviewed By Talia Weisberg

The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic:Rereading the Women of the Talmud

By Gila Fine Maggid Books, 2024, $29.95
Reviewed By Shana Schick
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A Publication of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
Volume XX, Issue 1
Fall 2024 – Kislev 5785

EDITORS: Gloria Nusbacher Roselyn Bell
PRESIDENT: Mindy Feldman Hecht
PAST PRESIDENTS: Judy Heicklen Carol Kaufman Newman Pam Scheininger FOUNDING PRESIDENT: Blu Greenberg EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Daphne Lazar Price EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Allie Alperovich Kayla Arons Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker Adrienne Goldfeder Wendy Lefko Messeloff Lea New Minkowitz Pam Scheininger Nomi Schneck Zelda R. Stern LAYOUT: Graphic Concepts