
Jofa Recent Media
High HolidaysShema Bekolah
Change We Can Believe In
by Aliza Sperling[1] The High Holiday period is punctuated with the theme of change. But how many times can we hear about change during the High Holidays without becoming cynical? ...
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agunotDivorcejewish divorceJofa JournalRuth Halperin-Kaddari
SOLUTIONS TO THE AGUNAH PROBLEM: BARRIERS AND BACKLASH
By Ruth Halperin-Kaddari This article comes from a place of frustration and pain. I am afraid I do not bring a message of optimism. On the contrary, my article stems ...
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Sukkot
The Sukkah—A Temporary Fortress
By Mia Diamond Padwa [1] Chag-ha-Sukkot, the holiday of Sukkot, as it appears in the Torah, is grouped with two distinctly different clusters of holidays. On the one hand, it ...
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Idana GoldbergWedding
My Wedding: The Choices I Made
By Idana Goldberg “Ani mekabelet tabaat zu, v’hareini mekudeshet lecha kedat moshe v’Yisrael, I accept this ring and I am thereby sanctified to you according to the laws of Moses ...
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Blu GreenbergMarriage
From Our President Modern Marriage, the Jewish Way
By Blu Greenberg So this is our June bridal issue. And why not, for as Orthodox feminists we have a lot to say about marriage and all that it should ...
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