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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."
In addition to general programs in advanced Jewish studies, Nishmat has a program to train Yoatzot, advisers in Jewish law concerning matters particular to women, such as laws of Niddah (family purity), contraception and health issues. [7] The hotline was established in 1997. [8]
In the past 100 years, Orthodox Jewish education for women has expanded. [72] This is most visible in the development of the Bais Yaakov system. Orthodox women have been working to expand women's learning and scholarship, promoting women's ritual inclusion in worship and promoting women's communal and religious leadership. [73]
Orthodox Jewish feminists participate in a number of organized and informal activities which both demonstrate their commitment to their values as both feminists and as Orthodox Jews. Holding conferences [ 14 ] of various kinds is a major activity that Orthodox Jewish feminists use to educate, show recognition, and strengthen the movement.
Yeshivat Maharat is a Jewish educational institution in The Bronx, New York, which is the first Orthodox-affiliated yeshiva in North America to ordain women. [1] The word Maharat (Hebrew: מהר״ת) is a Hebrew acronym for phrase manhiga hilkhatit rukhanit Toranit (Hebrew: מנהיגה הלכתית רוחנית תורנית), denoting a female "leader of Jewish law spirituality and Torah."
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to protest against a Jewish women’s group that holds monthly prayers there in a long-running campaign for gender ...
The HaMidrasha educational center for the renewal of Jewish life in Israel was established in 1989 for non-orthodox Jewish Israelis and promotes an Israeli-Zionist approach to Jewish identity. [43] Midreshet Natur is a collaborative beit midrash with religious and secular participants, and Madrassa/Midrasha pursues Arab–Jewish coexistence in ...
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