Tu B’Shvat Thoughts: Bringing Mysticism Back

By Hannah Weintraub February 16, 2017

When Tu B’shvat comes around, I roll up my sleeves and prepare myself for the ritual tree planting, garden weeding, and litter collecting that has marked my Tu B’shvats of the past. My less observant, modern Jewish community taught me the holiday’s message of social justice in concrete terms: We plant trees, trees grow, trees…

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JOFA Conference Explores Orthodox Feminism on Campus

By Sara Weissman and Hannah Weintraub February 16, 2017

“…the Rabbinic Panel has made clear that women serving in clergy roles or holding clergy titles is at odds with halacha…” read a statement by the Orthodox Union on women’s ordination. This month’s controversial OU ban on female clergy roles came on the heels of an Orthodox event advocating just the opposite – JOFA 2017. The…

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