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Women in Judaism

United Synagogue

Is there a raison d’etre to diaspora life?

We speak to senior United Synagogue Rabbi Dr Michael Harris on the eve of his aliyah

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

Rabbi Dr Michael and Judith Harris at Hampstead Synagogue

Rabbi Jackie Tabick (photo: Leo Baeck College)

Rabbi Sacks was ‘wonderful’ to me, recalls Britain’s first woman rabbi

By Simon Rocker

5 min read

United Synagogue presidential contenders; (from left) Saul Taylor, Marc Meyer and Claire Lemer

The United Synagogue

Could the UK’s largest Orthodox synagogue body have its first woman president?

By Simon Rocker

3 min read

Bound for Wales: Rabbi Martina Loreggian (photo: Zoe Norfolk/Leo Baeck College)

Progressive Judaism

After six years Cardiff Reform finds a rabbi

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

All the single (Jewish) ladies: women across the generations on the highs and lows of going it alone

All the single (Jewish) ladies: women across the generations on the highs and lows of going it alone

11 min read

Jackie Tabick, the UK's first female rabbi, to retire after nearly 50 years

Progressive Judaism

Jackie Tabick, the UK's first female rabbi, to retire after nearly 50 years

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

My dreams have come true, thanks to my talent for wigs

My dreams have come true, thanks to my talent for wigs

By Judy Silkoff

4 min read

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Kate Maltby

Here’s to the ‘pushy’ Jewish women

Tracy-Ann Oberman’s female Shylock is a brilliant device not just for reconsidering ‘The Merchant of Venice’ but for looking at the role of opinionated women throughout history

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March 9, 2023 14:45

Here’s to the ‘pushy’ Jewish women

The United Synagogue's gamechangers

A programme initiated by the Chief Rabbi is helping to raise the profile of women as religious leaders

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

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February 17, 2023 15:31

The United Synagogue's gamechangers

Concert shunned by Orthodox rabbis sells out after women defy boycott

Rabbis of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations said they supported bans on girls attending the gig

By Tash Mosheim

1 min read

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January 16, 2023 17:49

Concert shunned by Orthodox rabbis sells out after women defy boycott

Breaking the Talmud glass ceiling

A new course at LSJS is offering women in-depth study of classic rabbinic literature

By Joanne Greenaway

3 min read

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December 4, 2022 15:20

Breaking the Talmud glass ceiling

Misha Mansoor

By Misha Mansoor

A Jew is a Jew - one can't be more Jewish than any other

The appalling behaviour at the Kotel is bigoted and based on entirely wrong-headed thinking

3 min read

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August 5, 2022 09:41

A Jew is a Jew - one can't be more Jewish than any other

Rabbi Natasha Mann

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

In the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision, Jews need to remember our duty to the vulnerable

Already disadvantaged women will suffer the most from abortion bans

2 min read

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June 29, 2022 11:07

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 17: A protester carries a sign as they attend the "Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice" rally at Union Square near the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. The rally, hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women, is taking place more than two weeks since the leaked draft of the Supreme Court's potential decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Remembering 'the fastest girl on earth' - trailblazing motorist and racer Dorothy Levitt

Dorothy Levitt was a hugely successful car and yacht racer and aviator, smashing land and sea records

3 min read

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June 23, 2022 14:44

Remembering 'the fastest girl on earth' - trailblazing motorist and racer Dorothy Levitt

Sabrina Miller

By Sabrina Miller

The Torah protects a woman's right to abortion and its wrong for American Christians to pretend otherwise

Senator Marco Rubio regularly quotes the Old Testament in his tweets

2 min read

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May 19, 2022 11:46

TOPSHOT - Thousands of demonstrators march in support of Planned Parenthood and pro-choice as they protest a state decision that would effectively halt abortions by revoking the license of the last center in the state that performs the procedure, during a rally in St. Louis, Missouri, May 30, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Emma Barnett reveals she had miscarriage after five rounds of IVF

She decided to share her experience in the hope it would help other women who have had similar struggles

1 min read

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May 16, 2022 12:43

Emma Barnett reveals she had miscarriage after five rounds of IVF

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