Mechon hadar
How A Yeshiva’s Shabbat Retreat Helped Hotel Workers Unionize
Shabbaton organizers plan ahead to ensure their kosher needs are met, it’s rarer that they ensure that employees are treated fairly.
Egalitarian New York Yeshiva Teaches Torah To Jews In Pews — Not Future Rabbis
NEW YORK — In the upstairs sanctuary of a Manhattan synagogue, a group of rabbis is studying Jewish texts on pluralism and community. One floor below, 22 students are sitting in pairs poring over the book of Exodus. The students spend all day, every weekday in the building, studying Jewish text and observing strict…
Is Modern Orthodoxy Reaching Its Breaking Point?
With tensions increasing over the role of women and other issues, it may be time for the two branches of American Orthodoxy — ’Modern’ and ‘Open’…
In Israel, Religion Is Reduced To Simplistic Categories
Do Israelis put too many labels on faith, like Orthodox or secular? Elie Kaunfer argues that the convenience of easy categorization is outweighed by the danger of oversimplification.
Authentically Egalitarian
This is the thirteenth entry of an ongoing series exploring Jewish feminism.
Paid Maternity Leave Should be a Right, Not a Privilege
Oh to be a working mother in Israel, where women who give birth will soon get 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. Fourteen weeks? I’d have been happy to get 14 days of paid leave in this country.