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Rabbanit Batya Ivry-Friedman: Jewish Women Play a Leadership Role in Bringing a Community Together

By Vera Kessler

Rabbanit Batya Ivry-Friedman talks about the important role that Jewish women have in sharing their own unique gifts in order to bring a community together.

Featured / Jewish / Science and Tech / Social Media

Meet Yomm, Largest Social Networking App Exclusively for Jewish Women

By Jewish Press Staff

The spark of connection on the Yomm website will deepen on the app, inspiring a global community of Jewish women.

Israel / Jewish

40 Jewish Moms To Visit Israel and Get Jewish Names in Desert Ceremony

By Jewish Press Staff

Hebrew-naming events to be held in Judean Desert’s Eretz Bereshit in May, through Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

30% of Religious-Zionist Girls Join IDF, and the IDF Needs More

By Shalom Bear

The IDF wants more Religious-Zionist girls to sign up, and is planning on taking steps to make the IDF more attractive for them.

NY / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

Second Orthodox NY High School Allowing Girls to Don Tefillin

By JTA

A second Modern Orthodox high school in New York has announced it will permit girls to wear tefillin during prayer. The Ramaz School in Manhattan said it will allow girls to wear tefillin during coed worship, going one step further than SAR High School, which drew a flurry of media coverage earlier this week for […]

Daughters of Zion

I'm a Feminist and the Women of the Wall Don’t Represent Me

By Rachel Avraham

The Israeli government was respectful enough to offer Reform Jews their own location at one of the holiest sites in Judaism in order to pray as they please.

Op-Eds

Tossing a Jewish Lasso over Wyoming’s Wild West

By Chabad.org

The rabbi, in his early 30s, hails from Miami, Fla., and Raizy, in her late 20s, grew up in Israel. What’s it like to live in the least populated state in the nation?

Felafel on Rye

I Love Jewish Women!

By Tzvi Fishman

Our sages teach it was the women of Israel that saved the nation from Egypt.

Op-Eds

The Adventures of the Jewish Nurse in the Land of Israel

By Meir Indor

Thoughts and proposals on the ongoing nurses’ strike in Israel.

Israel / News Briefs

Study Shows Haredi and Secular Women Face Equal Risk of Eating Disorders

By Michael Orbach

A high-number of Haredi women responded to the survey. Haredi women suffering from eating issues also face a particular set of challenges.

Arts

Jewish Women Artists - Commentators on Contemporary Jewish Life

By Jacob Mezrahi

Everybody reads comics. From the New York Times to the Post there is hardly any periodical published that doesn’t sometimes feature a cartoon or comic; some kind of drawn image with text to entertain or provide commentary. Even the Jewish Press. When most people think of comics they immediately think of fictional comic books that kids read or the comic strips in the daily newspapers for adults.

Photo of the Day

Hadassah Luncheon

By Jewish Press Staff

This 1950 Hadassah-sponsored luncheon may have been an Interfaith Tea. The teas were carried on by Jewish and non-Jewish Women's groups interested in promoting cross-cultural education and understanding. Shown seated is Leah Barron.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter III

By Ruchama Feuerman

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