And the Gates Opened: Women in the Rabbinate
Oct 5, 2012 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Documentary
“And the Gates Opened” investigates the legacy that women are creating for Jewish religious and lay leaders. This program explores the rich history behind the move to ordain women and the current status of female religious leaders.
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Biblical Waterboarding
May 29, 2015 By Raysh Weiss | Commentary | Naso
A representation of the sotah (suspected adulteress) ritual from this week’s parashah (Num. 5:11–31).
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Deeper Than the Skin
Apr 24, 2015 By Yitzhak Lewis | Commentary | Metzora | Tazria
Your body is a map of roads
To be taken,
And not taken
Alone.
Your skin enfolds what
Your eyes shut behind them,
All your past is bored into it
Every day with the awl of time.
Head Covering: An Interreligious Discussion
Mar 11, 2012
Kippot, Hijaabs, Sheitels, and other head coverings. What do different religious head coverings symbolize, how are they all similar, and how are they different?
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Clothing and Adornment: Sartorial Insights on Gender Definition in the Talmud
Mar 11, 2012 By David C. Kraemer | Public Event video
How does the Talmud define Gender? Dr. David Kraemer seeks the answer to this question by looking into how the Talmud discussed clothing and adornment.
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Pesah: A Liberating Experience for Women
Mar 4, 2013 By Judith Hauptman | Commentary | Pesah
There is no festival more home- and family-oriented than Pesah. Sukkot may run a close second, but the seder places Pesah way ahead. Although celebrating at home with a lavish family meal should make this holiday a pleasure to anticipate, for many women this is not so. The painstaking conversion of the kitchen from leaven-filled to leaven-free status has turned the Festival of Freedom into an intense period of domestic labor rather than a celebration of personal and national liberation. That was not the intention of the halakhah.
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