They urged the United Nations to remove Reem Alsalem, the U.N. rapporteur on violence against women and girls, for denying ...
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 ...
More than 82,000 individuals are being treated today by Israel’s Defense Ministry; the oldest is 98 and served in the Haganah.The post 22,000 servicemen and women joined Israel’s wounded since ...
NCJW/CLE was honored at the Celebration of Goodness for its long-standing commitment to kindness, social justice and ...
Every nine days on average, a woman is killed in Israel, most frequently by her intimate partner or ex-intimate partner. And ...
Human rights activist Raheel Raza seeks to 'defang' the extremist elements of her faith that drive antisemitism - and has ...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Once men and women take the same exam, ‘every community can decide for themselves what kind of teacher or leadership model they want,’ said Michelle Shelemay Dvir, a religious ...
The Tradition Rooted in Modesty and Spiritual Practice In many Orthodox Jewish communities, married women cover their hair as ...
A senator since 2013, Booker has been called the “the Senate’s most Jewish non-Jew.” On Nov. 29, he married Alexis Lewis, a ...