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Women
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Rosh Chodesh: Celebrating the New Moon
Each month the Jewish calendar renews itself with Rosh Chodesh — a minor holiday of blessing, Hallel, Torah reading, and a special connection to women that has endured for millennia.
Jewish Women's Head Coverings: Tradition, Identity, and Choice
From ornate wigs to simple scarves, the tradition of married Jewish women covering their hair is one of the most visible — and most debated — practices in Jewish life today.
Huldah: The Prophetess Who Saved the Torah
When a lost Torah scroll was found in the Temple, it was the prophetess Huldah who validated its authenticity — a pivotal moment in Jewish history.
Miriam: Prophetess and Leader of Israel
Miriam — prophetess, sister of Moses and Aaron, leader of song at the Red Sea — was one of ancient Israel's most important figures, and her legacy has been reclaimed by modern Jewish feminism.
Deborah: Judge, Prophetess, and Warrior of Israel
Deborah — the only female judge in the Bible — held court under a palm tree, commanded an army, defeated a Canaanite general, and composed one of the oldest poems in scripture.
Niddah and Family Purity: Understanding Taharat HaMishpachah
The laws of niddah — menstrual separation and mikveh immersion — are among Judaism's most intimate practices. Explore the system of family purity, the positive perspective of renewal and anticipation, and how different denominations approach this deeply personal area of Jewish law.
Golda Meir: From Milwaukee to Jerusalem's Iron Lady
She grew up in Milwaukee, made aliyah to a kibbutz, raised money that bought the arms that won the 1948 war, and became the first female prime minister of Israel. Golda Meir's life was as improbable as the state she helped build.
Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman Who Invented Your WiFi
Hedy Lamarr was Hollywood's most glamorous star — and a self-taught inventor whose frequency-hopping technology became the basis for WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.
Betty Friedan: The Jewish Woman Who Launched a Revolution
Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique ignited the second wave of feminism, transforming the lives of millions of women — driven by a Jewish tradition of questioning the status quo.
Jewish Women: A Complete Guide to Roles, Rights, and Revolution
A comprehensive pillar page linking all related content on this topic across the site.
Lise Meitner: The Woman Who Split the Atom and Was Denied the Nobel
Austrian-Jewish physicist Lise Meitner co-discovered nuclear fission but was denied the Nobel Prize in one of science's greatest injustices.
Vera Rubin: The Woman Who Discovered Dark Matter
Vera Rubin's observations of galaxy rotation proved that most of the universe is made of invisible dark matter — a discovery that transformed cosmology.
Rosa Luxemburg: The Jewish Revolutionary Who Shook Europe
Rosa Luxemburg was a Polish-Jewish revolutionary who became one of Europe's most brilliant political thinkers — and was murdered for her beliefs in 1919.
Emma Goldman: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Emma Goldman — anarchist, feminist, free-speech advocate — was called the most dangerous woman in America. She was also a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania who never stopped fighting.
Mishnah Nashim: Women, Marriage, and the Laws Between People
Nashim, the third order of the Mishnah, tackles marriage, divorce, vows, and the complex legal status of women in rabbinic law — texts that still spark fierce debate today.
Jewish Perspectives on Pregnancy Loss and Healing
Jewish tradition is still developing its response to pregnancy loss — here is what halakha says, what rituals are emerging, and how to find comfort in the tradition.