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Bat Kol supports the idea that lesbian and Orthodox Jewish identities are compatible, and provides support to lesbian couples who wish to raise children as practicing Orthodox Jews. [6] The organization works in partnership with a number of Orthodox Rabbis and others to advocate acceptance of different sexual orientations within the broader ...
Chochmat Nashim (Hebrew: חכמת נשים) is an Israeli organisation that promotes women's rights in the Orthodox Jewish community in Israel and the United States. Their work aims to raise awareness of trends and policies within Orthodoxy that might harm women and girls.
The women's college affiliated with OTS hosts the largest women's beit midrash (study hall) in recorded Jewish history. Notably, graduates from the college college have become leaders in Jewish communities globally, with one even being the first female to officially serve as the director of a rabbinical court .
The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) is an Open Orthodox [citation needed] Jewish organization providing educational services on women's issues, with the aim of expanding "the spiritual, ritual, intellectual, and political opportunities for women within the framework of Halakha."
Neve Yerushalayim (Hebrew: נוה ירושלים) is the oldest and largest college for Jewish women in the world. [1] [2] Founded in 1970 to educate baalot teshuva (female returnees to Orthodox Judaism) in the why and how of living an Orthodox Jewish life, Neve has approximately 35,000 alumni.
Nishmat: The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women is an institution of higher Torah learning for women, or midrasha. [1] It was one of the first educational frameworks to teach Talmud to women.
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Rabbi Brovender was one of the first Orthodox Jewish rabbis to teach Talmud to women, [17] and most WebYeshiva classes have both male and female students. Rabbi Jeffrey Saks is the founding Director of ATID, and as of February 2019 is editor of the journal Tradition. [18]