DIY mitzvah gear

So, because of my last post, I’ve gotten a query or two from people who won’t be in J’lem for the workshop but are interested in making girl-shaped* tallitot katanot (the garment on which tzitzit are tied.) Since the name of the game is more people...

I am positive that my time is bound by mitzvot

This is the long-overdue post on women and mitzvot for Naomi over at Baraita. Big fat public thanks to my teacher and friend Haviva Ner-David for all of the learning that’s enabled me to be so facile with these sources. To anyone out there for whom this issue is...

AJS Talk

The Future of Jewish Feminist Scholarship Association for Jewish Studies 2004 by Danya Ruttenberg Copyright Danya Ruttenberg 2004. Reproduction without permission of the author is strictly prohibited. I’m going to talk a bit about what I see from my perspective as a...