Judaism is better
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About Us
What
we do
Chochmat Nashim creates a healthier Jewish community and Israeli society by challenging — and changing — the damaging extremist trends that plague the Orthodox world. From erasing women to the plight of agunot, we highlight issues and provide the community with tools and resources to create change.
What are the issues?
Extremism
The Jewish community is sliding towards extremism — and it’s unhealthy for all of us. We can work together to maintain a moderate, healthy frum society.
Agunot
Much of the pain involved in Jewish divorce isn’t caused by Halacha, but on norms we can change. Chochmat Nashim breaks down the issues and offers ways the community can protect itself.
Erasing Women
What began in the most insular communities is now commonplace. Erasing women causes financial, health, and emotional damage to women. Help put women back in the picture.
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- Podcast
Since October 7, it has been painful for many people of faith to approach God, to find the words to respond to our changing, impossible reality. A new book –
- Podcast
Another blow in Israel with Hamas’s cold-blooded murder of six hostages on the verge of being rescued alive by the IDF. Shoshanna and Anne probe the country’s state of raw
- Podcast
Rabbi Dr. Noam Weinberg joins Shoshanna and Anne to explain the toxicity and dysfunctionality facing too many couples and families in our community. Importantly, he also offers tips and tools
- Podcast
Sometimes, all the progress lands society right back at the beginning. Just ask the women who would like to be on Israel’s committee to select rabbis. Or the female tank
- Podcast
Known for his revolutionary – and often controversial – TikTok videos calling out the worst in frum society, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb chats with Shoshanna and Anne on kabala, his
- Podcast
When Avi was called up on October 7 (for 5 of the next 8 months), his wife, Bazy, became a “Milu-Ima” (a reservist is called a miliumnik). Home with 4
- Agunot, Articles
Readers of this paper will be aware of the firestorm surrounding the Domestic Abuse Act’s recent amendment that was sp ecifically crafted to help agunot — and the full-throated objection
- Articles
Three women made headlines in the past week. Each was abused by her husband. One is dead. One nearly died. And the other is still chained to her abuser 30
- Articles, Blog, Uncategorized, Women In Judaism
What does one wear to the world’s first women’s Siyum HaShas event? The question I posed on social media was a joke, a play on the idea of worrying about
- Articles, Blog, In The Media
- Articles, עברית
הרב פנחס גולדשמידט מכיר מקרוב את סבלן של נשים עגונות. שלוש מקרובות משפחתו, ביניהן אחת ניצולת שואה נכבלו לנישואיהן מבלי יכולת לצאת לחופשי ולפתוח בפרק חדש בחיים. במשך 29 שנות