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Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance

Bat Sheva Marcus, the Orthodox sex therapist, is a co-founder and former board chair of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Posted inU.S.

Bat Sheva Marcus resigns from liberal Orthodox seminary board in wake of harassment allegations

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 18, 2022April 18, 2022

Bat Sheva Marcus, the prominent Orthodox sex therapist whose history of alleged abuse broke into public view last week, has resigned from the board of a Modern Orthodox seminary and […]

Bat Sheva Marcus, the Orthodox sex therapist, is a co-founder and former board chair of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish feminist group in turmoil after Orthodox sex guru Bat Sheva Marcus, a founder, is accused of harassment

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 14, 2022April 18, 2022
"Monologues from the Makom" is a collection of essays exploring female sexuality in the Orthodox world. (Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inBooks

Taking a page from ‘Vagina Monologues,’ a new book explores taboos around women’s sexuality and gender in the Orthodox world

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
Yeshivat Maharat students attend a graduation ceremony in New York, June 17, 2019. (JTA/Shulamit Seidler-Feller/Yeshivat Maharat)
Posted inReligion

New grants pay Orthodox synagogues to hire women as spiritual leaders

by JTA and J. Staff November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

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