Rabbi Sara Sapadin’s new essay in the Forward reflects on Women of the Wall, the ongoing fight for religious equality in Israel, and a historic step toward women’s rabbinic leadership through the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s exams. She writes about what it means to pray at the Kotel as a woman, a Reform rabbi, and a Jew committed to a more inclusive vision of Jewish life.
By Simone Saidmehr The Forward The civil rights movement represented a kind of pax romana in Black–Jewish relations — symbolized most enduringly by the image...
For nearly her entire life, Dr. Susannah Heschel has had an intimate view of the relationship between the Jewish and Black communities. Her father, Rabbi...
By Em Besthoff Assistant Director, Lifelong Learning This winter, I found myself in the heart of Alabama with nine students from our Religious School. Our...
