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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

From left: Rabbi Hyim Shafner of Bais Abraham; Simone Picker, committee chair; Phyllis Shapiro, Bais Abe president; guest speaker Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld; Amy Fox Griffel of JOFA; Donna Iken, JOFA fellow at Washington University; Karen Sponder of JOFA.

Bais Abe focuses on feminism and Orthodox Judaism

By Victoria Siegel, Special to the Jewish LightPublished May 18, 2011

Orthodox feminism. To some, the phrase might sound like an oxymoron, but to a vocal contingent within the Jewish Orthodox community, a feminist movement is indeed alive and growing, In fact, since 1997, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) has...

Bais Abe welcomes Orthodox feminist group for program on women reciting Kaddish

Published April 21, 2011

Bais Abraham welcomes the community for a program by Ta Shma on "A Daughter's Recitation of Kaddish," which will explore the sources for women saying Kaddish at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3. The event is free and open to the community.Ta Shma is a national...

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