feminism

Arlene Agus, New Yorker who popularized Rosh Chodesh rituals for Jewish women, dies at 75

A pioneering Jewish feminist and founding member of Minyan M’at on the Upper West Side.

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A Brooklyn artist, raised Orthodox, paints the Western canon in ‘drag’

In a Soho gallery show, Tirtzah Bassel asks what happens to classic art when women become the main story.

A new Instagram account tells the story of New Yorker Judith Kaplan, America’s first-ever bat mitzvah

A Manhattan synagogue remembers a milestone in a way accessible to today’s tweens.

Ideas

Queen Esther helped me become the hero of my own Persian Jewish story

Ideas

Telling the forgotten story of Osnat Barzani, the first female rabbi who lived 400 years ago, is a win for Mizrahi representation

Culture

Jewish feminist Beate Sirota Gordon changed women’s rights in Japan forever

Culture

Men have dominated Jewish texts for most of history. These women are trying to change that.

Lifestyle

Doing this daily Jewish ritual has helped me cope with coronavirus

Ideas

Powerful Jewish women face vicious tropes — they’re being used against Biden’s VP choice, too

Israel

Israeli parliament women’s committee will be led by a man

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