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Grace Aguilar: Using Writing to Glorify G-d’s Name
The name Grace Aguiler has all but slipped through the slippery hold of history, and perhaps only avid historians are familiar with her life story and works…
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Adina Bar-Shalom: A Pioneer of Charedi Education
Bar-Shalom wants women to feel that they have a choice in their path…
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The Beauty and Practicality of Rachel and Rabbi Akiva’s Story
Like many of the most powerful stories in the Torah, the story of Rachel and Akiva has become romanticized…
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Yocheved: The Woman Who Bore the Five Greatest Prophets of Israel
Yet we know that no ordinary woman gives birth to the savior of Israel, so who was this ‘silent partner’ in Moshe’s upbringing?..
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Miriam: A Prophetess and a Leader
Miriam, along with her brothers, Moshe and Aharon, is a leader of the Jewish people in the desert…
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Abba’s Wife: Pray for Rain, or for Repentance?
The Jewish calendar helps Am Yisrael understand and connect to life in its many “seasons” – literally and figuratively…
