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Feminist Community Toolkit
Practical tools for building and finding Orthodox communities where women daven, lead, learn, and are counted.
Whether you are looking for a place to say Kaddish, a women's tefillah group, a partnership minyan, or a synagogue where women serve in leadership, these tools will help you find your community and strengthen it. Every resource is free, and many grow through contributions from women like you.
Find a Place to Daven
Directories and databases for finding prayer communities that welcome women's participation.
Women's Tefillah Groups
There are many different women's tefillah groups around the world, with significant variations in practice. Our guide is a starting place for a conversation with your community posek or poseket.
Find a Women's Tefillah Group Read the guide ↗Partnership Minyanim
A partnership minyan is a prayer group committed to maintaining halakhic standards while including women in ritual leadership roles to the fullest extent possible within the boundaries of Jewish Law.
Partnership Minyanim GuidebookEzrat Nashim Database
A community-built site that collects information about women's sections in synagogues (think "Yelp for shuls"). It tracks the size of the women's section and how well you can see and hear. It's quick and easy to contribute after visiting a shul.
Visit the databaseWomen-Friendly Weekday Minyanim
Having a space during a weekday minyan isn't always a guarantee. This community list tracks weekday minyanim with space for women.
View the listSaying Kaddish
Being able to say Mourner's Kaddish isn't always a guarantee. Help us map the synagogues where women can.
Orthodox Synagogues Where Women Can Say Kaddish
Browse the community list, and add synagogues you know so the next mourner doesn't have to guess.
View the list Add a synagogue ↗Women in Synagogue Leadership
Synagogues where women serve, or have served, as presidents or in other board positions of their shuls.
Women on Shul Boards List
Add your name or a colleague's name to our growing list of Orthodox congregations with women in top lay leadership.
Add a woman shul board memberLearn to Lead
Ready to take a leadership role in davening itself? Our Tefillah & Torah library has recordings to help you learn the nusach and lead with confidence.
Tefillah & Torah recordingsBorrow a Sefer Torah
Jofa can lend your gathering a Sefer Torah.
The Joan S. Meyers Memorial Torah Lending Program
A Sefer Torah and accompanying religious articles, available in the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area for Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, holiday gatherings, and milestone celebrations. Outside the area? We will help you find a solution near you.
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