Women's Health in Jewish Life

Vol. XXI No. 1 | Adar 5786 | Fall 2025/Winter 2026

Articles

Toward a Community of Healing

By Carmella Abraham and Mindy Feldman Hecht

The Emerging Role of the Rabbi in Mental Health Issues

By Yonatan Rosensweig

We Need a Jewish Language for Trauma, Not Only a Clinical One

By Daphne Lazar Price

Redefining Categories and Acts: The Next Frontier in Disabilities Halakhah

By Dov Linzer

Spirituality and Community: A Jewish Response to Addiction

By Benjamin Litchman and Arielle Krule

Opening the Dark Closet of Depression: From Silence to Support

By Bracha Jaffe

When Women Say They Are in Pain, Believe Them

By Yali Szulanski

Finding My Voice: A Journey with Tourette Syndrome

By Lilly Halperin

Two Worlds, One Identity: Reflections of a Trauma Surgeonand Orthodox Mother

By Shevie Kassai

Organ Donation and Halakhah: Life, Death, and Responsibility

By Shlomo Brody

From Silence to Strength: Brain Injury, Aphasia, and the Koach Eitan Story

By Leora Ashman

Suicide, Halakhah, and Practice: From Sin to Understanding and Compassion

By Marianne Novak

In the Face of a Child’s Mental Health Crisis, A Parent’s KnowledgeCan Be a Lifeline

By Wendy Singer

Book Corner

Holy Rebellion: Religious Feminism and the Transformation of Judaism and Women’s Rights in Israel

By Ronit Irshai and Tanya Zion-Waldoks
Reviewed By Orit Avishai

As a Fleeting Dream: Coping with Pregnancy Loss

By Avraham Stav
Reviewed By Shira Billet

Godstruck: Seven Women’s Unexpected Journeys to ReligiousConversion by Kelsey Osgood

By Kelsey Osgood
Reviewed By Celia Weintrob

Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together by Ilana Kurshan

By Ilana Kurshan
Reviewed By Gloria Nusbacher
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A Publication of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
Volume XXI, Issue 1 Fall 2025/Winter 2026 – Adar 5786

EDITOR:
Gloria Nusbacher

COPY EDITOR:
Roselyn Bell

CO-PRESIDENTS:
Mindy Feldman Hecht
Carmella Abraham

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
Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe
Wendy Lefko Messeloff
Lea New Minkowitz
Pam Scheininger
Nomi Schneck

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