Kol B’Isha Erva – a woman’s voice is nakedness.
What does this mean? Where does it come from? What are the implications today and is the answer always the same? Shoshanna, Anne and Rachel discuss the history, evolution, and misuses of Kol Isha.
Kol B’Isha Erva – a woman’s voice is nakedness.
What does this mean? Where does it come from? What are the implications today and is the answer always the same? Shoshanna, Anne and Rachel discuss the history, evolution, and misuses of Kol Isha.
Chochmat Nashim gets personal on personal status.
What happens when you’re on the outs of the Jewish community? When your demographic excludes you from the pale? What happens when you are exactly the norm? Chochmat Nashim explores the complexity of today’s society, and how we just need to be normal about it all.
Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber of ITIM understands the complex workings of religion and state in Israel better than most. He sat down with Shoshanna and Anne to talk about what’s good, what’s bad, what’s broken, and – perhaps surprisingly – the importance of a chief rabbinate for a Jewish state.
Adina Miles, AKA “Flatbush Girl,” started a business and soon found herself knee deep in what people thought a good Orthodox woman should and should not be doing. Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll speaks with her about making change from within the Orthodox community, and how her special brand of activism uses shock to “make the mess” that Chochmat Nashim cleans up.
The documentary 93Queen tells the story of Judge Ruchie Freier and her all-women ambulance corps, an unlikely story of women’s empowerment coming from an even more unlikely quarter: the hasidim of Brooklyn. Chochmat Nashim sits down with the film’s creator, Paula Eiselt, to talk about the hurdles and downright nastiness the women overcame, as well as what it means to enter the hasidic world with a video camera.
Local elections in Israel brought a record number of women to positions of authority. With the Rambam saying women can’t be in charge of just about anything, it sounds like a lot of people who care about Halakhah might need to move. Join Chochmat Nashim as we discuss just what is “serara” anyway, and the question of a dominant leadership in contemporary society.
*Chochmat Nashim’s podcasts are for informational purposes, not piskai halacha. Consult your local Orthodox Authority for specific psak halacha.
