JERUSALEM (RNS) — In 2019, Sarah Segal-Katz was one of six Orthodox Jewish women who petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice for the right to take the same accreditation exams the Chief Rabbinate ...

(The Conversation) — Three women sat for an exam administered by Israel’s Rabbinate, the latest sign of growing recognition for women’s religious leadership within Orthodox Judaism. (The Conversation) ...

The inimitable Barbra Streisand kicked off a virtual “Jewish Women for Kamala” fundraiser Thursday night watched by thousands of supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “It’s ...

When Emily Austin was 16, a Holocaust education trip to Poland changed her life. The child of secular Israeli immigrants to New York, Austin grew up in Brooklyn and decided early on that being a Jew ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...