4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (433+ words) It's really scary to have your child come out to you as queer when you live in an Orthodox Jewish community. There are questions about what it means to be gay or transgender or any of the other LGBTQ terms,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (549+ words) More than 400 people came to JOFA's International Conference on Feminism and Orthodoxy this past weekend, celebrating progress that has been achieved in Orthodox women's leadership in the 28 years since the organization's inaugural conference in 1997. Held in Manhattan on Dec. 7, the…...

9+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (1146+ words) A group of women gathered at Congregation Etz Ahaim in Highland Park on Tuesday, Sept. 16, to hear a fascinating and thought-provoking presentation by Adrienne Orani. "My Journey From Feminism of the "60s to Feminism of the Torah" covered Orani's discovery of…...