Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of mikvahs, Jewish ritual baths.
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Life Mikveh-Going Singles
I enjoyed taking Forward Web Editor Gabrielle Birkner — a friend as well as a colleague — to the mikveh just before her recent wedding, an experience she describes in her recent Sisterhood post. I’ve taken a number of friends over the years, happy to introduce my sisters in liberal Judaism to this central ritual…
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Life Mikveh = Quiet Time
Three days before my wedding last month, my friend and fellow Sisterhood contributor Debra Nussbaum Cohen accompanied me on my inaugural visit to the mikveh. While I’m not particularly observant, I have long been inspired by the Jewish ritual bath as a metaphor for renewal — an opportunity for a fresh start, in whatever area…
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Life Sotomayor and the Mikveh
The Sonya Sotomayor bashing has reached a despicable low. It wasn’t enough that Newt Gingrich called her a racist. No, now conservative radio host and convicted felon, G. Gordon Liddy, is going after the Supreme Court nominee’s cycle. Not her bike, her monthly one — if, indeed, she is still menstruating. Liddy sounds like a…
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Opinion Media Roundup: TV Stars at the Mikveh, Against Curly Hair
• Whoa! Guess who’s a regular mikveh-goer? “Blossom” star and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik. Makes sense: Her name means “water” in Hebrew. Read Jewcy’s recent Q&A with her here. • Speaking of going to the mikveh, the 5 Towns Jewish Times has a feature on MikvahCalendar.com, a new Web site that helps women calculate when they’re…
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News Liberal Rabbis Calling on Women To Take the Plunge for Ritual Purity
Top leaders of Conservative Judaism are promoting a plan to encourage female congregants to plunge regularly into a ritual bath, following the adoption last week of rabbinic guidelines by the movement’s central lawmaking body. At a September 13 meeting held in New York at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law…
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