Men & Women

Abraham’s plan would effectively remove himself from Pharaoh’s hit list . . . and make Sarah available for Pharaoh’s hedonistic abuse! Talk about a lack of chivalry! Is this Abraham, the first Jewish husband and the ultimate mentch?

I loved to play with my grandmother's matriyoshki, sweeping the set off the shelf and enclosing one within her mother until all that stood before me was the ancient matriarch of the set. Silent. Robust. Red. Fat and pregnant with maybe fifteen smaller ver...

Isn't it amazing how the very things we most need from each other are also the most difficult for us to give?

I was just at a friend’s wedding who I haven’t seen since college and who has become Orthodox. At the wedding, they never held hands and didn’t even kiss at the end of the ceremony. Is this how a couple that is supposedly in love acts?

Those who refer to the biblical story of Eve as a Divine endorsement of sexism are overlooking a simple truth: a curse is not something that should to be the way it is -- it's something that should not be the way it is...

Everyone can become a “mother.” What comes naturally to the female half of creation can be learned and assimilated by all, and not only in giving birth to children, but in every one of life’s endeavors.

I’ve learned from my spiritual guide, the Rebbe, that educating others about the Jewish way of life—even if they’re not of the Jewish faith—is important

He was unapologetic about the woman’s unique role and campaigned for women to be true to their “womanhood,” as established by Torah.

My friend Kayla is engaged; she’ll be married in October. She met her chatan through a matchmaker in New York. She’s been dating for six years and has met many eligible bachelors. But with each guy she met, there was some disconnect. It wasn’t her bashert...