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HISTORY

A Business of Her Own: Jewish Women Entrepreneurs of the Past

While the quintessential Jewish woman of the past most likely did stir pots, roll pastry dough and haggle with vendors,…

EDUCATION

Up Close with Bracha Goetz

A Harvard graduate who just came out with her thirty-third book discusses her decades-long career as a writer of Jewish…

HISTORY

“I Have Also Engaged in This Work of Heaven”: The Vital Contribution of Women to Hebrew Printing

Perhaps the most famous female print shop owner was Devorah Romm. The Romm printing shop began in 1799 and continued…

HISTORY

Voices of the Past: Early Orthodox Female Writers

While female writers became increasingly prevalent in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many chose to use pen names, leave their…

HEALTH

Walking With Them in Their Suffering: An Orthodox Woman Chaplain Helps Patients On Their Journeys

While Heda is one of a few Orthodox women to be board certified as a chaplain, she believes that chaplaincy…

PEOPLE

Women Leaders Speak . . . about their work, their choices, their lives

What does it mean to be a woman with a leadership role in the Orthodox community?

PEOPLE

SHARONA KAPLAN

My job offers the ultimate professional fulfillment. The Jewish ideal is to be a lifelong learner and to continuously be…

PEOPLE

RABBANIT SHULAMIT MELAMED

One of the most successful and innovative women in Israel, Rabbanit Shulamit Melamed is the current founding head of the…

PEOPLE

SHIRA SMILES

We live in an age where women are more learned than ever before. Women want to be challenged to think,…

PEOPLE

Dr. Erica Brown

While I almost always write my own job description—not neatly fitting into existing frameworks—I think you can only do that…

PEOPLE

Dr. Aviva Weisbord on Leadership

To me, the question of leadership is not necessarily about how I find fulfillment or the impact I want to…

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