Rabbanit Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld is a Jewish scholar, educator, and spiritual leader specializing in halakha, gender, and contemporary Jewish ethics. She previously served as the Manhiga Ruchanit (spiritual leader) of Efrat and received authorization to issue halakhic rulings through Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Institute for Halakhic Leadership. She holds a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center and co-authored Et Le’ehov: The Newlywed’s Guide to Physical Intimacy.
In this lecture, held at Pardes as part of the Tisha B’Av program 2015, Jennie Rosenfeld looks at two different Talmudic stories of leaders who sin – one is the infamous Elisha ben Abuya and the other has no name…
Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast, Jewish calendar, The Three Weeks, Tisha B’av
An examination of some of the halakhic sources which govern premarital sexual behavior, with an eye to understanding the texts on their own terms, as well as an openness to challenging them from modern reality, and thinking about ways to…
Jewish living, Halakha, Self & spirituality, Sexuality
An examination of some of the halakhic sources which govern premarital sexual behavior, with an eye to understanding the texts on their own terms, as well as an openness to challenging them from modern reality, and thinking about ways to…
Jewish living, Halakha
An examination of some of the halakhic sources which govern premarital sexual behavior, with an eye to understanding the texts on their own terms, as well as an openness to challenging them from modern reality, and thinking about ways to…
Jewish living, Halakha, Self & spirituality, Sexuality
An examination of some of the halakhic sources which govern premarital sexual behavior, with an eye to understanding the texts on their own terms, as well as an openness to challenging them from modern reality, and thinking about ways to…
Jewish living, Halakha