It is commonly believed that halakhically-based women’s prayer groups originated in contemporary circles of the progressive wing of Modern Orthodoxy. Think again. In his book Nahalat Avot, Rabbi Yosef ...

Editor's note: HBI recently caught up with 2010 Scholar-in-Residence Nina B. Lichtenstein, who earlier this year published "Sephardic Women’s Voices: Out of North Africa," a project she started at HBI ...

For centuries after the expulsion from Spain, Morocco’s Sephardic Jewish women sang of love, loss and identity. Now, they’re almost all gone. By Aida Alami TANGIER, Morocco — They sang to put their ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (RNS) — When Flory Jagoda, the superstar of Ladino music, died in 2021, it was a wakeup call for Vladimir Mickovic. Mickovic, a Bosnian musician from Mostar, realized that ...

An organization of the Sephardic women, called the Jewish Women’s League, has been established here. This is a noteworthy event because it is the first organization of Jewish women here for social ...

He said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was working to bring 400 Jewish women who wanted to marry within their faith to the United States from Syria in 1977. (JTA) — Stephen Shalom, a ...

Turturro with fellow award recipients Stella Levi (third from right) director Alexandre Arcady (sixth from right) on opening night. John Turturro, a gentile actor who has played Jewish roles, received ...

In a crowded room at the University of Washington, people walk from presentation to presentation. There are poster boards up, displaying pictures of art, or explanations of an artist's medium and ...

The Tradition Rooted in Modesty and Spiritual Practice In many Orthodox Jewish communities, married women cover their hair as ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — When Flory Jagoda, the superstar of Ladino music, died in 2021, it was a wakeup call for Vladimir Mickovic. Mickovic, a Bosnian musician from Mostar, realized that with ...