An MTA supervisor allegedly accosted a Jewish woman on the streets of Manhattan for waving an Israeli flag, saying “f–k Israel” and flipping her the bird. In a video shared on social media, Kenneth ...

Three women sat for an exam administered by Israel’s Rabbinate, the latest sign of growing recognition for women’s religious ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — In 2019, Sarah Segal-Katz was one of six Orthodox Jewish women who petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice for the right to take the same accreditation exams the Chief Rabbinate ...

On Monday, three women sat for an exam — and changed the course of Israeli history. Never before have women been permitted to take the rabbinical exams issued by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. But thanks ...

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia supports organizations, like the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, to empower women and care for those in need. (Courtesy of Getty Images) In the middle ...

The inimitable Barbra Streisand kicked off a virtual “Jewish Women for Kamala” fundraiser Thursday night watched by thousands of supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “It’s ...

When Emily Austin was 16, a Holocaust education trip to Poland changed her life. The child of secular Israeli immigrants to New York, Austin grew up in Brooklyn and decided early on that being a Jew ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Once men and women take the same exam, ‘every community can decide for themselves what kind of teacher or leadership model they want,’ said Michelle Shelemay Dvir, a religious ...