Whether you can’t draw a straight line or you live and breathe art, everyone has a creative soul bursting to actualize itself. But can creative expression really find a home within the confines of the religious world? Chochmat Nashim explores whether the religious lifestyle stifles creative expression or if it may even breed it.
It seems almost unbelievable that a convention center hall was packed with 3,300 women celebrating women’s daf yomi- the daily Talmud study cycle. Chochmat Nashim shares the exuberance of being in the room where it happened.
It may sound like science fiction, but it’s happening right now in Israel: the Rabbinate has begun using DNA tests to prove Jewishness. Is there such a thing as reliably Jewish DNA? Chochmat Nashim explores how that happened and why it’s raising alarm bells.
Simchat Torah is a holiday of joy and celebration, but also of conflict and misconceptions when it comes to women’s participation in the holiday. Chochmat Nashim untangles the mess of halacha, communal norms and shul politics that have us all going in circles.
Standing at the cusp of a new year and a new season of the Chochmat Nashim podcast, we ask ourselves: What would we like to shake up in the coming year? Anne, Rachel and Shoshanna discuss what they’d like to see materialize and what they’d like to see gone for good.
Photo credit: Credit: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
“What inspires you?” “Why do you stay Orthodox?” “What about single-sex spaces — aren’t they legitimate?” You asked, we answer. Anne, Shoshanna, and Rachel on the questions you posed to Chochmat Nashim. Listen and let us know what you think – we want to keep this conversation going.
