JOFA JOURNAL

Shavuot

SHAVUOT 5767 • VOLUME VI, ISSUE 4

Articles

Making Our Own Miracles

By Carol Kaufman Newman

The Revelation at Mount Sinai: Creation, Exodus, and Faith

By Rachel Friedman

Welcoming Converts to the Jewish People

By Rabbi Marc D. Angel

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ COLUMN: One Act of Kindness Can Change the World

By Allyson Gronowitz

The Human Element in the Commandments: The Effect of Changing Community Norms on Halakhic Decisions

By Daniel Sperber

Miriam’s Lesson from Matan Torah

By Shera Aranoff Tuchman and Sandra E. Rapoport

Addressing the Women First

By Dr. Yael Levine 

JOFA’s 10th Anniversary Conference

By Abigail Tambor

The Teen Track at the Conference

By Yishai Schwartz

A Courageous Proposal: The First Heter Agunah in America

By Rabbi Adam Mintz

For Men Only? Gendered Language in the Aseret Ha-Dibrot

By Rachel Furst

Distance and Intimacy at Mount Sinai

By Dr. Erica Brown

Levirate Marriage: The Limits of the Law

By Professor Martin Lockshin

Yibbum: Present Day Implications

By Jennifer Stern Breger

Perhaps the Last Yibbum in History

By Jonathan Sallah Snowbell

Naomi: “Call me Bitter”

By Dr. Kathryn Hellerstein

Tikkun Leil Shavuot in Jerusalem

By Ariel Ben Moshe
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A publication of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
Volume VI, Issue 4
Shavuot 5767

President:
Carol Kaufman Newman

Founding President:
Blu Greenberg

Executive Director:
Robin Bodner

Editor:
Jennifer Stern Breger

Editorial Committee:
Carolyn Hochstadter Dicker
Pam Scheininger

Founding Donors:
Belda and Marcel Lindenbaum
Jewish Life Network /
Steinhardt Foundation
The Harry Stern Family Foundation,
Zelda R. Stern