Instead of talking about conversions in the context of marriage, and instead of judging, let’s be openhearted. Converts strengthen the Jewish people. They love us. And we should love them ...

The meticulous cleaning of her body symbolizes purifying herself for marriage and sexual intimacy and coming closer to God. For some Jewish women, the premarital immersion may also mark the start ...

Most Jews see marriage as an important and ... views and support the view that men and women are equal. Female rabbis are allowed in Liberal Jewish synagogues. Based on teachings from the Torah ...

Admitting anything to the contrary would be testifying to breaking the Jewish law. Because Orthodox women aren’t supposed to be in sexual situations until marriage, they often aren’t taught ...

Avraham Grossman covers multiple aspects of women’s lives in medieval Jewish society, including the image of woman, the structure of the family unit, age at marriage, position in family and society, ...

She and other Jewish activists in ... as I was throughout my marriage." This experience, which left her infuriated, is now driving her to advocate for women in worse situations.

A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish women enabled them to become agents of modernization in 19th-century Eastern European Jewish society. In this extraordinary volume, Iris Parush ...

In the 14th and 15th centuries, wedding bands with an architectural bezel became popular among Jewish couples. “The rings we know of from that period are more elaborate and are engraved with the ...