ChanaThe colour cure: Can embracing the rainbow ease menopause mood swings?Colour consultant Gabbie Greenberg encourages women to ditch black and grey for bold colours, extolling their power to enhance wellbeing and moodBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
Board of DeputiesSheila Gewolb kicks off race for Board vice-presidencyThe former vice-president has launched an early campaign for the vacancy left by Andrew Gilbert’s resignationBy Simon Rocker1 min read
HealthPregnant Jewish women are enlisting doulas to keep them ‘safe’ when they give birth with the NHSMothers-to-be are employing the services of Jewish doulas for the birth of their babies ‘to have someone on their side’ amid a wave of reports about antisemitic NHS staffBy Elisa Bray6 min read
Strictly OrthodoxIsraeli brides are being lured to Britain and matched with violent sex abusersBy Jane Prinsley13 min read
SidrahParashah of the week: Beha’alotecha“Miriam spoke, and Aaron, against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had taken: ‘Has God spoken only through Moses? Has [God] not spoken through us as well?’ God heard it” Numbers 12:1-2By Rabbi Miriam Lorie1 min read
IDF‘They’ve lost a lot of beautiful friends’: New initiative offers support for Israeli army womenLev L’Chayalot brings uplifting events and much-needed supplies to the growing number of female soldiers in the IDFBy Eliana Jordan4 min read
Rabbi SacksBritish-born author wins Sacks book prizeTalmud teacher Gila Fine received the accolade for The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s AtticBy Simon Rocker1 min read
The rabbi who helped to crack Israel’s Orthodox glass ceilingRabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy, one of a growing number of Orthodox women rabbis, will be teaching at this year’s Limmud FestivalBy Simon Rocker2 min read||December 16, 2024 11:54
Goodbye to the ladies’ galleryA standard feature of mainstream Orthodox synagogues is being consigned to history as the demand grows for greater inclusion of womenBy Simon Rocker4 min read||November 17, 2024 11:34
The Vagina Business: Taking the stigma out of women’s healthMarina Gerner’s new book uncovers myriad health innovations for women, offering eye-opening solutions to the ways our medical system snubs female painBy Elisa Bray8 min read||September 30, 2024 11:40
Christian reverend honoured for her ‘inspiring’ fight against antisemitismReverend Hayley Ace was recognised at the Jewish Care Women of Distinction AwardsBy Ellie Grant2 min read||September 29, 2024 09:47
The Talmud’s women aren’t always what they seemThere are few women in the Talmud but Gila Fine’s new book shows why they deserve far more attentionBy Simon Rocker4 min read||September 13, 2024 09:28
Empower Her: programme launched to help women get back into the workplaceWork Avenue’s workshops will include CV-writing, interview skills and confidence-buildingBy Eliana Jordan1 min read||September 5, 2024 13:50
Dame Louise Ellman accepts new role at Board of DeputiesBoard meetings to be run by independent chairs rather the president in move to make them more inclusiveBy Simon Rocker1 min read||September 3, 2024 13:17
How women rose to Orthodox synagogue leadershipCautious progress rather than rapid change has been the order of the dayBy Simon Rocker4 min read||August 25, 2024 08:52
Questions over women’s leadership triggers dispute at Leeds synagogueEtz Chaim rabbi says woman can be president as long as male honorary officers have controlling majorityBy Simon Rocker2 min read||August 8, 2024 08:04
