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A group photo of Chabad women emissaries for this year's Kinus HaShluchos. Credit: Chabad-Lubavitch.

Chabad’s annual Kinus HaShluchos draws 4,000 women emissaries

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From Feb. 8-13, some 4,000 shluchos, Chabad women emissaries, from more than 100 countries gathered in and around the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn for the annual Kinus HaShluchos, whose agenda included workshops, speeches and Shabbat gatherings. It...
Sixteen religious women scholars took the test following a petition to the High Court of Justice on their behalf. Courtesy.

Historic first: Women take Israeli state exam in Jewish religious law

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For the first time in Israel’s history, the Ministry of Religious Affairs administered an exam for women Torah scholars to test their expertise in halachah, or Jewish religious law. In mid-November, 16 women sat for...
White House liaison to the Jewish community Shelley Greenspan. Source: Facebook.

EXCLUSIVE: New White House liaison to the Jewish community talks about priorities, challenges and...

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Shelley Greenspan’s resume runs the gamut from Capitol Hill to the private sector, presidential races and nonprofits. She has worked for AIPAC and Amazon, and campaigned for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. Late last month,...
Yael Braun-Privet. Source: Twitter.

France elects Jewish woman speaker of National Assembly

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A Jewish lawyer and mother of five is the newly elected speaker of France’s National Assembly and the first woman to ever hold that position. Yael Braun-Privet, 51, whose grandparents fled Eastern Europe in the 1930s to escape the Nazis,...
Rebecca Franks and her family, who made aliyah from Boca Raton, Fla. Credit: Courtesy.

Overcoming the pandemic and adapting to new home, Israeli women find professional success

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For many parents, the past two years have been somewhat of a blur. Lockdowns, regulations and mandatory isolation became the norm, making parenting even more of a challenge than it already is. With all...
Volunteer Ali Tuchman, 39, was photographed in “lifestyle snapshots,” such as celebrating a birthday, participating in a Torah-study group, and socializing and engaging with other women. Credit: Laura Ben David.

Encouraging inclusion: Creating a photo bank of Orthodox Jewish women

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The Jewish Life Photo Bank is releasing what they call the first-of-its-kind photo bank representing Orthodox Jewish life, including positive images of Jewish women and families. Chochmat Nashim, an organization that challenges trends in Jewish...
Naomi Adler. Credit: Courtesy.

New head of Hadassah: ‘We have the chance to deepen our vision for the...

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Naomi Adler’s connection with Hadassah began two decades before she was even born, when noted cantor Hugo Chaim Adler and his wife, Selma, stepped off the ship in New York—a ship that had taken...

Global Day of Learning

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Join JWA as we celebrate the launch of the expanded and renamed Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. From Sunday, June 27, through Monday, June 28, six webinars presented by expert scholars will showcase the evolution of...

Three Jewish Women of Valor

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What does being Jewish mean to you? Is it keeping up the practices of an ancient religion? Are the values separate from the prayers or are they symbiotic? Do we wear a Star of...

From China to Mexico, Message at Chabad Women’s Banquet Was Love

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Two weeks ago to the day, as the COVID-19 coronavirus was rapidly spreading through the Chinese city of Wuhan, Rochel Kalmenson and her husband, Rabbi Yekutiel Kalmenson, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Ningbo, China, and their three young children, boarded...