Dec 18, 2018
The documentary 93Queen tells the story of Judge Ruchie Freier and her all-women ambulance corps, an unlikely story of women's empowerment coming from an even more unlikely quarter: the hasidim of Brooklyn. Chochmat Nashim sits down with the film's creator, Paula Eiselt, to talk about the hurdles and downright nastiness...
Nov 27, 2018
Local elections in Israel brought a record number of women to positions of authority. With the Rambam saying women can't be in charge of just about anything, it sounds like a lot of people who care about Halakhah might need to move. Join Chochmat Nashim as we discuss just what is "serara" anyway, and the question of...
Nov 7, 2018
Artificial Reproductive Technologies have made all kinds of things possible - starting with children who would not have been born. With innovation, comes halakhic response. And, in the case we discuss, rabbinic overreach, thanks to Israel's lack of separation of religion and state. Shoshanna, Rachel, and Anne consider...
Oct 22, 2018
The Haredi world has a 70% lower incidence of breast cancer than the general population, but a 30-50% higher mortality rate from the disease. How is this possible? What can be done to reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer among the Haredi population? Join Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll, Anne Gordon, and Rachel Stomel...
Oct 11, 2018
Shoshanna, Anne and Rachel make use of the popular conversational technique (that’s what it meant in our high school) to dissect the “Kavanaugh effect,” the discourse leading up to his Supreme Court confirmation, and how it has reflected on the Jewish community. Music: “Misery” by The Whips