For decades, liberal denominations have permitted women to be ordained. Orthodox Judaism, however, has largely prohibited it. Yet attitudes toward women’s study of rabbinic texts are changing.

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Over the years, many of the young Orthodox women studying at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary yearned to join a combat unit in the Israeli army but knew that staying religiously ...

Orthodox women activists are pledging to withhold sex from their husbands as they escalate a public campaign to help one of their own obtain a religious divorce from her husband after four years of ...

A wife testified Thursday that a bill would free women “trapped” in Jewish marriages, but her husband blasted it as a constitutional and religious violation. The legislation “releases captives,” said ...

(RNS) — Jessica Roda's new book explores how women in Haredi communities are embracing and creating digital arts tailored to the gender-segregated world of women. (RNS) — The world of Haredi Jews is ...

The Tradition Rooted in Modesty and Spiritual Practice In many Orthodox Jewish communities, married women cover their hair as ...

An Orthodox Jewish woman is chronicling her search for “modest clothing” at popular department stores. “I’m an Orthodox Jew. I only wear shirts that cover my elbows and skirts and dresses that cover ...

Orthodox Jewish women attend an event celebrating the completion of the 7 1/2-year cycle of daily study of the Talmud, the central text of Jewish law, on Jan. 5, 2020, in Jerusalem. AP Photo/Tsafrir ...