by Atara Eis, Yoetzet Halacha and Director of Nishmat's Miriam Glaubach Center. First published in Times of Israel, October 20, 2014 The discovery of acts of voyeurism allegedly committed by a prominent Orthodox Rabbi in a community mikveh is a betrayal that threatens trust both in the safety of a sacred Mitzvah and the integrity… read more
by Rabbanit Chana Henkin, first published on Times of Israel, October 19, 2014 Voyeurism in the mikveh is a grave violation of Jewish law and of the sacred trust between a community and its rabbi. It is particularly loathsome if, as charged, it involved abuse of converts who placed their trust in the converting rabbi.… read more
September 22, 2014, New Jersey Jewish News, by Johanna Ginsberg, NJJN Staff Writer Orthodox women in the Jersey Shore area with a need to discuss intimate aspects of Jewish law now have a new resource: a woman halachic decisor, specifically trained in a two-year course in taharat hamishpacha, or family purity laws. On Sept. 1, Nechama Price, instructor… read more
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Last Wednesday, in Kiryat Netifim, Nishmat celebrated the graduation of the first class of mikveh attendants in our National Mikvah Attendant Training Program. Last year, Nishmat won the Ministry of Religious Services' tender to train attendants who operate mikvaot run by Israel's religious councils. Over the next two years, the program aims to provide training… read more
In the space of slightly more than a week in March, Nishmat's Miriam Glaubach Center sent Yoatzot Halacha to 29 congregations throughout the United States, from coast to coast, and England, to raise awareness of how they have impacted Orthodox Jewish life. Participating institutions included synagogues and schools, where Yoatzot Halacha lectured on a wide… read more
Published on The Tikvah Fund Website, January 13, 2014 In 2012-2013, Tova Ganzel took sabbatical from her role as deputy director of the Midrasha for Women at Bar Ilan University to serve as a Tikvah Fellow and to join her husband doing his own fellowship at Sloan-Kettering. Upon her return to Israel, she became the director of… read more
Nishmat’s Esther Kryss Bet Midrash was full on December 24 as over 100 family, friends and well-wishers gathered to celebrate the graduation of the eighth cohort of Yoatzot Halacha from Nishmat’s Keren Ariel Program. Rabbanit Chana Henkin opened the graduation by reflecting back on the last 16 years and reminded the graduates that they are… read more
In a move to reduce misunderstandings and friction between Israel's secular and religious public and to upgrade services in Israel's mikvaot, Nishmat has been awarded a government contract to train mikveh attendants nationally. The training, designed by Nishmat Yoetzet Halacha Rotem Glasser, who is slated to head the project, will include a first-aid course, workshops in… read more
