Yael Hochma

I’m An Orthodox Woman — And The Rabbinate Barred Me From The Mikveh

This past June, the night before my wedding, I was told I would not be permitted to immerse in the mikveh. Like many young religious Jews in Israel, my now-husband and I are vehemently opposed to the Israeli Rabbinate and its policies, many of which we view to be blatantly against halakha. Because of this,…