Fighting for religious pluralism in Israel

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on November 15, 2012

The arrest of Israeli feminist Anat Hoffman at the Western Wall last month sent ripples of alarm across the Jewish world, and leaders in Los Angeles will address their concerns about religious pluralism in Israel to Los Angeles’ Israeli Consul General in a public forum Nov. 26 at Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills.

Jewish women: this one’s for you

By Maya Paley
Published on November 8, 2012

Jewish women have a long-standing history of deep involvement in the American feminist movement. Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,” was Jewish, as is playwright and activist Eve Ensler, current leader of the international movement opposing violence against women.

Palestinian reporter Asmaa al-Ghoul aims to keep thorn in Hamas’ side

Published on October 22, 2012

She can't stay out of trouble there, but Asmaa al-Ghoul always comes back to Gaza. A secular, feminist Palestinian journalist, al-Ghoul, 30, has been harassed by Hamas. She's also been beaten and arrested by Hamas police for protesting its Islamist policies and suppression of human rights.

The Famous Question: Can We or Can’t We Have It All?

By Maya Paley
Published on August 7, 2012

Reaching Climax: The Women’s Rights Movement

By Maya Paley
Published on July 23, 2012

Shifting Expectations: Women and Work

By Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Published on July 13, 2012

Should ‘Girls’ just get married?

By Danielle Berrin
Published on April 18, 2012

Paula Hyman, Jewish feminist and scholar, dies

Published on December 15, 2011

Noted Jewish feminist Paula Hyman, who served as the first female dean of the Seminary College of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, has died.

Roseanne Sings Israeli National Anthem—And It’s Good! [VIDEO]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on July 5, 2011

Feminist writer E.M. Broner dies at 83

Published on June 23, 2011

Jewish feminist writer E.M. Broner, perhaps best known as the co-author of “The Women’s Haggadah," has died.

Who Says No to This?

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on February 9, 2011

Chairs thrown at Women of the Wall

Published on March 16, 2010

Two haredi men were arrested after allegedly throwing chairs at women preparing to pray at the Western Wall.

Feminist cantor retires from long-term post

By Danielle Berrin
Published on July 23, 2008

If words don't come easily to Rosenbloom, it's because she has spent most of her life singing. As early as age 4, she jumped up on a coffee table at home and sang an Israeli folk song for her mother and father

Robot Dances Off With Award

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on February 23, 2006

Don't have time to shlep to a museum? Too tired to remember if the free museum day is the first or second Tuesday of the month? Want to conquer a large, overwhelming exhibit in small, 15-minute intervals? Then bring the museum to your desktop and browse at your own pace.

Hear This,  Papa

By Gaby Wenig
Published on January 30, 2003

In "Yentl's Revenge," an anthology of Jewish feminist writings, the editor, Danya Ruttenberg, puts forward a call for a transgendered approach to Judaism.

Leaving Mitzrayim

By Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
Published on March 28, 2002

It was my third seder of the week, but this one was unlike any other. It was a "Seder of Women's Voices," and I felt privileged to be one of the few men in the room among a 150 or so women.

Paula Vogel’s ‘Lolita’

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on February 25, 1999

Playwright Paula Vogel grew up in suburban Maryland, where the country clubs did not accept her Jewish father.

Circle of Friends

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on July 23, 1998

I see that it's time for the media to replay the perennial horror story known as The Dying Jew. "The Vanishing Jew," by Alan Dershowitz, is a mea culpa over his son's intermarriage.

Clinton and the Feminists

Published on March 26, 1998

For many Jewish women, the feminist movement has been the key political event of our lifetimes. It has given us role models, women of great personal power and intellectual agility, and allowed us to venture into unprecedented careers and lifestyles.Arguably, the reason so many Jewish women were drawn to feminism is that it articulated the dream of personal freedom and the mandate of political activism contained within our own spiritual tradition, the pursuit of tikkun olam.

Caught in a Maelstrom

By Eric Silver
Published on August 14, 1997

Brenner, a 57-year-old New York-born social worker, Reform Jew and feminist, is at the epicenter of the latest halachic earthquake shaking Israel. Her downstairs neighbor is Dov Dumbrovich, the Orthodox chairman of the local religious council, who is defying a Supreme Court ruling and refusing to let her take her seat on the council.