Author: Chochmat Nashim

– In which we discuss the Olympic gold medalist who can’t marry in Israel and the Bnei Menashe who did.

– And in which we talk with Yael Braun, the only female Rabbinic court advocate (that we know of) in the US, and possibly in the Diaspora.

– In which we discuss a shul’s hiring of a woman as their rabbi.
– In which we talk about a firestorm in the UK over abuse.
– In which we consider the many ways women may feel unwelcome in shul, and several ways to change that.
– And in which we DISH on 2 activities worth some of your summertime.

– In which we, with special guest Rachel Stomel, discuss the closure of a group dedicated to Orthodox feminism and if we must choose one or the other.

– In which coalition head, Idit Silman is called a little girl in Knesset — twice!

– In which we dish on whiskey & women’s learning.

– In which Israel has a new government (with ample opportunity to erase women, no less)!
– In which we reflect on the Flag March and what it once was and what it could be, including why it has become controversial.
– And in which we acknowledge the women who never gave up, in their behind-the-scenes roles that helped form this government.

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