Dr. Chavi Kahn joins Anne and Shoshanna to reflect on the legacy of her father, Rabbi Moshe Kahn, z”l, beloved Talmud rebbe at Stern College — and the recent brouhaha when Stern (temporarily) cancelled its lower level course offerings in Talmud. Why does it matter whether Stern College offers Talmud to its female students? And why should women be learning Talmud to begin with?
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
You know already that hyper-tzniut gets Chochmat Nashim riled up – it’s literally the incarnation of the slide to extremism that harms Judaism for everyone. This time it’s a cross-body bag, giving Shoshanna and Anne reason to remind everyone that this very Jewish value can be taken too far.
Music: “Misery” By The Whips
In our annual Seat at the Seder Table episode, Anne and Shoshanna are pleased to partake of Rachel’s powerful insights that help bring the Haggadah’s driest parts to life, from the blurring of time to putting ourselves into the story.
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
Would more women in Israel’s coalition change its policies? Who knows, but they’d make a more representative government. Shoshanna and Anne discuss the reversals to women’s rights that we’d never have thought would be in danger, in the wake of International Women’s Day, no less.
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
It was a brand new Chochmat Nashim project when Shoshanna and Anne first told you about it back in August, and now that it’s well underway, it’s ripe for an update. How many courts are reviewed on the site? Why did one dayan complain about his rating? How is it helping people who think they might want a divorce? And what about that new training program to help the judges get the perfect 5-star reviews they want?
Music: “Misery” by The Whips
When there’s so much going on that each story demands our attention, in brief, Anne and Shoshanna bring you 5 “shorts”: To die an agunah; Rabbi Moshe Kahn z”l; Erased women fail to inspire; Can a witness invalidate herself?; and Israel’s newly certified learned women.
