Since Jen Taylor Friedman penned her first Torah in 2007, several dozen women have followed suit, creating an entire professional category that did not exist a generation ago.

Buchdahl’s deep spiritual faith and determination in ‘breaking a stained-glass ceiling’ of male rabbinic gatekeepers has made her one of the best-known and most admired rabbis in America.

In these trying times, my dear sisters, know that you are not alone.

"I cannot sleep," writes the author. "I sit in class numb, not listening to a single word. I’m only 17 but I know I cannot be silent."

For many American Jewish college students, there’s no escape from the deep antisemitism present at the same institutions that pride themselves on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Normalized antisemitism is terrifying, especially among the people on campus who support and uplift all marginalized groups besides Jews.

Rita Plush learned to recite Kaddish after her mother died. Then she lost her spouse and two of her three kids. Grief-stricken, she found comfort in learning.

'Like many Holocaust survivors, my mother buried her early traumas. Like many children of survivors, I have had an insistent need to uncover the past.'