Pioneer in Jewish feminism passes
Shira Hanau, JTADec 31, 2020
JERUSALEM — Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin, a pioneer in the world of Jewish feminism who experienced personal tragedy later in life, died Dec. 23 in Israel. Henkin and his...
Why all these COVID lawsuits?
Shira Hanau, JTADec 10, 2020
NEW YORK — In the more than 30 years that Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel has worked at Agudath Israel, an umbrella organization and advocacy group representing haredi...
The Kranjec Test: Did a woman author the text?
Shira Hanau, JTADec 10, 2020
NEW YORK — When Danielle Kranjec committed to using only Jewish texts written by women in the classes she taught for Hillel International’s Springboard Fellowship, a...
After Thanksgiving: schools open?
Shira Hanau, JTANov 26, 2020
DENVER — Staci Zimmerman’s in-laws had planned to fly in from Los Angeles to visit her and her family in Denver for Thanksgiving. But when COVID cases started...
Trump’s Orthodox Jewish support
Shira Hanau, JTANov 05, 2020
NEW YORK — Rayne Lunger had known for some time that many in her community supported Donald Trump for president. But it was just in the last few weeks when […]
Tense Brooklyn anti-COVID protest
Shira Hanau, JTAOct 08, 2020
NEW YORK — A tense and at times violent protest by Orthodox Jews against New York’s crackdown on gatherings in their neighborhoods mixed with Orthodox leaders...
Sefaria moves from the Talmud to democracy
Shira Hanau, JTAJul 23, 2020
NEW YORK — Could democracy take a page from the Talmud? The creators of Sefaria, a project to digitize Jewish texts, think so. Since 2012, Sefaria, a database of...
Did Brooklyn’s chasidic community achieve herd immunity?
Shira Hanau, JTAJul 16, 2020
NEW YORK — The front page of the June 26 issue of Der Yid, one of the most widely circulated Yiddish newspapers among New York’s chasidic Orthodox communities, made...
Alumni ask day schools to fight racism
Shira Hanau, JTAJun 18, 2020
NEW YORK — When Ilana Goldberg scrolled through Instagram on June 9, much of her feed consisted of black squares as part of an initiative called #BlackoutTuesday to...
When the call for talleisim when out, people answered
Shira Hanau, JTAApr 30, 2020
NEW YORK — Andrew Parver’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since Sunday. That’s when Parver, the director of operations at the Hebrew Free Burial Association in New...
