A wife testified Thursday that a bill would free women “trapped” in Jewish marriages, but her husband blasted it as a constitutional and religious violation. The legislation “releases captives,” said ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Over the years, many of the young Orthodox women studying at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary yearned to join a combat unit in the Israeli army but knew that staying religiously ...

In Aristophanes’s play “Lysistrata”, a young Athenian woman persuades the women of warring Greek states to deny their lovers sex in protest at an ongoing war. Together they vow not to raise their ...

“I can’t continue to work with those who don’t see me in the same light, as someone deserving of love and respect,” writes the executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. (JTA) — I am ...

In the middle of a six-lane interchange at the main entrance to Jerusalem, 200,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews are beseeching God for ...

A push to educate Orthodox Jewish women about their rights in marriage and divorce turned sour in Borough Park on March 29, when a group of women were attacked and their materials destroyed by a large ...

Blima Marcus, an Orthodox nurse in Brooklyn, wrote on Facebook that she had abandoned an earlier promise not to vote at all ...

It’s a movement to stop the schtup. In a rare display of public protest, women in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community are railing against a traditional practice that makes it hard for married women ...

(JTA) — Just days out from the presidential election, Shalva Perlman doesn’t know for sure how she will cast her ballot. The two issues on her mind: protecting abortion rights, and supporting Israel.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo believes his track record on antisemitism and Israel speak for themselves in a New York City mayoral ...

I am the executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and a lifelong feminist. I advocate for Orthodox Jewish women’s representation and inclusion in all areas of life. Before joining ...