Faith: Judaism
Jewish Sports Review
Jewish Sports Review is a bimonthly, subscription-only online publication that covers Jewish sports figures — both on the field and in the front office. It also covers Israeli sports. It is based in Los Angeles, and Shel Wallman is the editor.
Jewish Baseball News
Jewish Baseball News, where the motto is “News and stats on Jews with bats,” tracks professional baseball players of Jewish heritage from farm teams to the major leagues. It maintains a list of current Jewish baseball players. Scott Barancik is the editor.
Rachel Kohl Finegold
Rachel Kohl Finegold is one of the first ordained women to graduate from Yeshiva Maharat, an Orthodox Jewish rabbinate school for women. She is director of education and spiritual enrichment at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Quebec, Canada.
Ruth Zlotnick
Ruth Zlotnick is the head rabbi at Temple Beth Am, a Reform congregation in Seattle, where her assistant rabbi is a man.
Jill Jacobs
Jill Jacobs is a Conservative rabbi and the executive director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, based in New York City. She has written and spoken about Trump administration policies and rising anti-Semitism in many outlets, including The Washington Post and NPR. Arrange an interview through Julie Wiener.
Sara Hurwitz
Sara Hurwitz is the dean of Yeshivat Maharat, a Modern Orthodox Jewish yeshiva that ordains women. She was the first woman to be ordained as “rabba” by an Orthodox institution in the U.S.
“Orthodox Yeshiva Set to Ordain Three Women. Just Don’t Call Them ‘Rabbi'”
Read a June 10, 2013, story in The Tablet about the first three Jewish women ordained by an Orthodox yeshiva. They were not given the title “rabbi,” but “maharat.”
“Survey: Majorities support requiring companies to abide by controversial contraception mandate”
Read a June 2, 2014, Religion News Service story about a Public Religion Research Institute poll that shows most Americans favor the contraception mandate.