Featured News of 2025

Hurwitz, Rabba Sara. “On Yom Kippur, the scales are in the balance. Radical kindness can tip them.” JTA, 30 September 2025.

Lovy, Howard.'”Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry‘.” Judith Magazine, 16 September 2025.

Szulanski, Rabbi Yali. “Voices our children carry: Self-talk, antisemitism, and Jewish pride.” The Times of Israel, 17 September 2025

Prinsley, Jane. “Israeli brides are being lured to Britain and matched with violent sex abusers.” The Jewish Chronicle, 25 September 2025.

“IDF enters Gaza City, Super Sparta and Reflections for the new year – with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl.” Unholy: Two Jews on the News Podcast, 18 September 2025.

Silow-Carroll, Andrew. “We asked rabbis, ‘What are Jews most hungry to hear this new year?’” JTA, 19 September 2025.

Picker-Neiss, Rabba Rori. “Supporting the people who hold the center: A community relations imperative.” eJewish Philanthropy, 9 September 2025.

Silow-Carroll, Andrew. “Two congregations, two opinions as Torahs hit the floor at separate NYC services.” JTA, 26 August 2025.

Epstein, Rabba Yaffa. “Why Jewish texts matter in Israel education.” eJewish Philanthropy, 21 August 2025. 

“The Gaza Plan, tension between Netanyahu and the IDF, and the Arab vote – with co-host Suleiman Maswadeh and Nomi Kaltmann.” Unholy: Two Jews on the News Podcast, 14 August 2025.

Smith, Mike. “Changing the Pulpit: Women Rabbis Shape Jewish Communities.” Best of Jewish Detroit, 7 August 2025.

Novak, Rabbi Marianne. “The Menopause Moment.” The Times of Israel, 5 August 2025.

Schoenfeld, Rabbanit Dr. Devorah. “God’s Estranged Wife: Rashi on Song of Songs, Lamentations and Hosea.” Lehraus, 29 July 2025.

Thomas-Newborn, Rabbanit Alissa. “Inter-Faith Bridge-Building at the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council Conference.” The Jewish Journal, 30 July 2025.

Rocker, Simon. “The rabbinic court helping women to break free from the chains of abuse.” The Jewish Chronicle, 30 July 2025.

Lazar-Price, Rabba Daphne. “Faith-driven feminism after Oct. 7, 2023: Showing up when it’s hard.” eJewish Philanthropy, 29 July 2025.

Rosenbaum, Alan. “From exclusion to examination: Women gain access to rabbinic path.” Jerusalem Post, 27 2025.

Prince-Gibson, Eeta. “Israel’s High Court Opens Rabbinic Ordination Exams to Women.” Moment Magazine, 22 July 2025.

Hurwitz, Rabba Sara. “Blessings revealed: Reflections on Yeshivat Maharat’s Semicha 2025.” eJewish Philanthropy, 18 July 2025.

Weiss, Jocelin. “Israeli High Court states rabbinical tests must finally be opened to women.” Jewish News UK, 16 July 2025.

Shalom Michaelian, Tania. “Global survey highlights failures in Jewish religious divorce process.” Jns, 10 July 2025.

Fried, Shiloh. “High Court: Women should be allowed to take the rabbinical certification exams.”  Ynet, 14 July 2025.

Salzberg, Rabba Alieza. “Not All Revolutions Are for the People.” Myjewishlearning, 27 June 2025

Eisenstat, Rabba Yedida. “Rabba, rabbi, rabbanit: The evolving role of clergy leaders in modern Orthodoxy.” Not in Heaven Podcast, The Canadian Jewish News, 25 June 2025.

Gimpelevich, Ilana. “Spies, Faith, and Flight Delays.” The Times of Israel, 19 June 2025.

Lorie, Rabbi Miriam. “OPINION: Orthodox women being ordained as rabbinic leaders is no niche movement.” Jewish News UK, 18 June 2025.

Brawer, Rabba Dina. “Pioneering New York yeshivah has ordained its 100th Orthodox woman rabbi.” The Jewish Chronicle, 17 June 2025.

Hurwitz, Rabba Sara. “Our sister – May you grow into a multitude.” The Wisdom Daily, 4 June 2025.

Epstein, Rabba Yaffa. “Taking Sinai with us: Bringing the message of Shavuot to all Jewish educational spaces.” eJewish Philanthropy, 4 June 2025.

Hurwitz, Rabba Sara. “Orthodox Women Rabbis Crack the Stained-Glass Ceiling.” Can We Talk Podcast, 3 June, 2025.

Gimpelevich, Ilana. “Did Any of Your Family Perish in the Holocaust?” The Times of Israel, 24 April 2025. 

Novak, Rabbi Marianne. “Her Soul Resides Beyond Nature.” The Times of Israel, 15 April 2025.

Hurwitz, Rabba Sara. “Why Chaos is Part of the Seder.” South African Jewish Report, Page 25, 10 April 2025.

Gimpelevich, Ilana. “The Four Daughters.” The Times of Israel, 11 April 2025.

Schwartz, Ethan. “You need a non-Jewish neighbor to perform this Passover ritual. Thank heavens.” Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 8 April 2025.

Zierler, Wendy Rabbi. “Noah Meets Miriam.” Hadassah Magazine, April 2025

Epstein, Rabba Yaffa. “What the holiday of Purim can teach us about Jewish pride.” eJewish Philanthropy, 13 March 2025.

Lorie, Rabbi Miriam. “OPINION: Wins and frustrations for women in Orthodox spaces.“Jewish News UK, 4 March 2025.

Bell, Zoe. “DC Synagogues Serve as ‘Refuge’ for Afghan Neighbors in Times of Need.” Washington Jewish Week, 25 February 2025.

Krule, Arielle. “Tu Bishvat: A New Vision for Collective Care.” The Wisdom Daily, 5 February 2025

Strauss, Joseph. “This rabbi-in-training wants every Jew to know how to use Narcan, the life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdose.” NY Jewish Week, 3 February 2025.

Kidd, Michael-Paul. “Rabbanit Leah Sarna’s Historic Installation Marks Progress for Orthodox Women.” MONTCO Today, 24 January, 2025.

Hurwitz, Rabba Sara. “An installation in Pennsylvania marks a milestone in the journey of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders.” The Jerusalem Post, 22 January 2025.

Hurwitz, Rabba Sara. “An installation in Pennsylvania marks a milestone in the journey of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders.” Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 22 January 2025.