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The Get Story You Never Heard
*Author’s name has been changed to protect anonymity. When I finally came to terms with the fact that I was going to have to go through with a get (Jewish divorce), I did some research and quickly...
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Can Orthodox Women Be Rabbis?
People have asked me to write about this topic for quite some time, but I have always hesitated because I knew that the moment I put words onto the screen, I would get complaints from those to the...
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How Can The Torah Let A Man Sell His Daughter into Slavery?
Dear Jew in the City, I heard that the Torah says that a woman must marry her rapist and that a father can sell his daughter into slavery? How can we possibly accept such horrible ideas in the modern...
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How Can The Torah Be True Considering Sotah and Polygamy? Pt. 2
Is the Torah still relevant? Part II The following post contains excerpts of an email conversation between a Jew in the City reader and our Rabbinic Correspondent, Rabbi Jack Abramowitz. Due to the...
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Who Is That Jewish Warrior Woman in the Chanukah Story?
Dear Jew in the City- I heard that there is some sort of female Jewish Warrior in the Chanukah story that I never learned about in Hebrew School. What’s this about? Sincerely, Female Fan Dear Female...
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Teaching My Orthodox Jewish Sons To Respect Women
A few years ago, when my son (then 5) and my daughter (then 8) were playing “mitzvah pirates” – a game they invented where they sailed the seven seas in order to help people – my son took one look at...
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How Do We Deal With Sexist Biblical Commentaries?
God is connected to everyone who reaches out to Him, as the Midrash (Eliyahu Rabbah, 9) teaches, “I call heaven and earth to witness that whether Jew or Gentile, man or woman, slave or maidservant,...
View ArticleThese 6 Steps Will Help Your Makeup Last During Yom Tov
Because there is a prohibition to color on Shabbos and Yom Tov and not everyone uses Shabbos makeup, many women are left wondering, “How do I make my makeup last longer?” We spoke to Shaindy Kelman,...
View ArticleWhen Extreme Modesty Kills Women
I recently published an article on another site about Gal Gadot, which went far more viral than most of my opinion pieces. Of course, there is always dissent to opinion pieces (such being the nature of...
View ArticleAshton Kutcher Wishes You Shabbat Shalom & Other Orthodox Jews in the News
Two Ultra-Orthodox Feminists Challenge Israel’s Political Landscape They are ultra-Orthodox feminists and liken their group to the suffragist movement. Esty Shushan and Estee Rieder-Indursky have been...
View ArticleFranciska Kay: The Orthodox Jewish Musician Who Studied at Juilliard
She may have grown up religious, but that never stopped Franciska Kay from pursuing her passion for music. Hailing from Moscow Kay explains that “[Russia’s] truly rich arts culture” combined with her...
View ArticleIs Tznius A Woman’s Most Important Mitzvah?
Dear Jew in the City, I hear people in the Orthodox community sometimes talk about tznius (modesty) for a woman like it is her MOST important mitzvah. Like what she exists for. While I’m a fan of...
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Actually, Modesty is About Empowerment, Not Oppression The correct statement would be that modesty isn’t about patriarchy, but fashion is. If a woman really wants to exercise her power, she will choose...
View ArticleHere’s One Reason Why I Cover My Knees
My husband is a bit of a survivalist. What I mean by that is that he longingly dreams of things like being left in the woods and having to fend for himself by eating wild mice. He got this idea from a...
View ArticleAleph Beta on Parshas Mishpatim: Female Servitude…Wait, What?
In this week’s parsha, we are given the laws of female servitude – worse, a female child, being sold by her parents! How are we, as 21st century students of the Torah, meant to understand such a...
View ArticleMy Sit-down With Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks On Faith In Modern Times
An international religious leader, philosopher, award-winning author and respected moral voice, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was awarded the 2016 Templeton Prize in recognition of his “exceptional...
View ArticleAll Star Estee Ackerman Aims for 2020 Olympics! & Other Orthodox Jews in the...
How This Instagrammer Is Killing It – But You’ll Never See Her Face She is the Kardashian of the kosher world on Instagram, with brands clamoring to work with her and a passionate fan base who would...
View ArticleHow Can I Celebrate Purim When Women and Children Were Killed?
Dear Jew in the City- I was raised to boo Haman and celebrate our victory, but all these people were killed including women and children. What do I do with that? Thank you, E.B. Dear E.B.- Thanks for...
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Haredi Mother of Five Wins Fastest Israeli Female at Jerusalem Marathon!
Beatie Deutsch, the Haredi Jewish mother of five who made headlines when noticed by George Takei, Business Insider and more for running the Tel Aviv Marathon while 7.5 months pregnant, made history...
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How To Wear Spring 2018 Fashion Trends Modestly
With the New York Times declaring that modesty is the defining sartorial style of the 2010s, there is no better time to shine your inner tznius light than right now. This Spring season, a celebration...
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