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Rabbanit Jenna Englender dances with the Torah during her graduation ceremony from Yeshivat Maharat in New York, June 17, 2019. (Photo/JTA - Shulamit Seidler-Feller - Maharat)
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Men have dominated Jewish texts for most of history. These women are trying to change that.

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

When Danielle Kranjec committed to using only Jewish texts written by women and queer people in the classes she taught for Hillel International’s Springboard Fellowship, a program that places recent […]

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Is it permitted to punch a Nazi? Consult the internet Talmud.

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