The Ask Us Anything Episode (Season 2 Episode 17 – SEASON FINALE)
“What inspires you?” “Why do you stay Orthodox?” “What about single-sex spaces — aren’t they legitimate?” You asked, we answer.
Halachic Prenups: Make Love, Not War (Season 2 Episode 16)
Flowers, check. Dress, check. Band, check. Wait, what about your halachic prenup? Chochmat Nashim explains why a halachic prenuptial agreement
What’s a nice religious girl like you doing at a SlutWalk like this? (Season 2 Episode 15)
SlutWalk – which protests sexual violence and victim blaming – makes an important statement. But the attire of many participants
Canceling Cancel Culture (Season 2 Episode 14)
What happens when we declare people, rather than positions, as beyond the pale in Orthodoxy? Chochmat Nashim challenges the notion
Like Talking to a Wall (Season 2 Episode 13)
What’s the connection between the raging battles over women’s prayer at the Kotel (Western Wall) and Chochmat Nashim’s unlikely origin
AntiSemitism: This Time It’s Personal (Season 2 Episode 12)
“In every generation, they arise to kill us.” We say these words every year at the Passover Seder, but this
Sentenced to Leifer (Season 2 Episode 11)
Alleged pedophile Malka Leifer has evaded extradition for years due to a complex web of community cover-ups, abuse of rabbinic
What America Gets Wrong about Jewish Abortion (Season 2 Episode 10)
Does Jewish law have a definitive stance on abortion? What happens to the real life Jewish women & couples who
The Amazing Vanishing Act: Women (Season 2 Episode 9)
Where have all the women gone? Shoshanna, Anne, and Rachel put a finger on the pulse of the dangerous trend
Content advisory: Women’s Voices! (Season 2 Episode 8)
How kol isha – the restrictions on hearing a woman’s voice – affects the way Jewish women sing, speak, and
On the Path to a More Welcoming, Comfortable Jewish Community (Season 2 Episode 7)
What happens when you’re on the outs of the Jewish community? When your demographic excludes you from the pale? What
Can Israel Be a Jewish State? (Season 2 Episode 6)
Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber of ITIM understands the complex workings of religion and state in Israel better than most. He
Chochmat Nashim Cleans Up Flatbush Girl’s Mess (SPECIAL TO THE CHOCHMAT NASHIM PODCAST)
Adina Miles, AKA “Flatbush Girl,” started a business and soon found herself knee deep in what people thought a good
Anything Boys Can Do, Girls Can Do In Heels (Season 2 Episode 5)
The documentary 93Queen tells the story of Judge Ruchie Freier and her all-women ambulance corps, an unlikely story of women’s
Que Serara Serara (Season 2 Episode 4)
Local elections in Israel brought a record number of women to positions of authority. With the Rambam saying women can’t
Between Moms and Mamzers (Season 2 Episode 3)
Artificial Reproductive Technologies have made all kinds of things possible – starting with children who would not have been born.
“I Don’t Know of a Modest Way to Die”: Breast Cancer Screening in the Haredi World (Season 2 Episode 2)
The Haredi world has a 70% lower incidence of breast cancer than the general population, but a 30-50% higher mortality
The Devil’s Triangle (Season 2, Episode 1)
Shoshanna, Anne and Rachel make use of the popular conversational technique (that’s what it meant in our high school) to
Chochmat Nashim Classic: There Are Jews, and Then There Are Jews
Chochmat Nashim is still on summer hiatus, but we’ll be back after the chagim with brand new episodes of the
Two Agunot Cases SOLVED! (But Not Really) (Episode 18)
In some ways, it’s a cause for celebration: an aguna for 18 years is finally released by a religious court.
By Air, By Land, By Court Demand (Episode 17)
What happens when women are tired of conceding to the sensibilities of men? We get cranky, that’s what… or at
When Your Spouse Joins the KKK (Episode 16)
It’s one thing to combat extremism in theory, but what should we do when the extremist is someone whom we
Defying Conventions
A recent Religious Zionist conference was women-free, by design. Chochmat Nashim asks whether we are ready to reevalute the premise
Changing Hearts and Minds: A Case Study in Dialogue When You Thought the Conversation was Closed
When a member of the RCA and the US Yeshiva community questioned the validity of Yoatzot Halacha, Chochmat Nashim engaged
That Time (well, another one) When Women Saved the Jews (Pesach Episode)
The salvation of the Children of Israel, no less, came about because women were heard. This is, of course, Chochmat
Agunot: Whose Problem Is It? (Episode 12)
You’ve probably heard of the halachic prenup as a solution to the agunah problem, so why are we still stuck
Make ‘Em Laugh (Episode 11)
Humor, satire and snark are favorite Jewish pastimes. Chochmat Nashim explores why humor packs such a punch. Happy Adar!
Separate But Equal? (Episode 10)
When is segregation okay – if ever? Anne, Shoshanna and Rachel explore a hot topic in Israel: state sponsored sex
Zion and Liars and Scares, Oh My! (Episode 9)
Will Israel really name a train station at the Kotel for US President Trump? Chochmat Nashim weighs in at the
Episode 8 -Changing Signs of the Times: Modesty Notices in Beit Shemesh
When “modesty signs” instructing women how to dress were used as justification for assault against women and girls in Beit
Episode 7 – Entering 5778 with Signs and Wonders
On Rosh Hashanah, we dip apples in honey for a sweet new year, and some have the custom to include
Episode 6 -Extremism
Extremism is a growing phenomenon in Orthodox Judaism, and this is perhaps most obvious in the Israeli city of Beit
Episode 5 – There are Jews, and Then There Are Jews
Rabbi Chuck Davidson explains to Chochmat Nashim the ins and outs of conversion in the State of Israel, with its
Episode 4 -A Rabbi By Any Other Name
Chochmat Nashim discusses women in Jewish leadership positions, and the unnecessary controversy over their titles. Music: “Misery” by The Whips
Episode 3 – Feminism
Feminism. What is it? Do we need it as an independent value? Does it have a essential role in Torah
Episode 2 – The Agunot Crisis
The Chochmat Nashim Podcast is hosted by Rachel Stomel, Anne Gordon, and Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll. In episode 2, to mark
Episode 1
The Chochmat Nashim Podcast is hosted by Rachel Stomel, Anne Gordon, and Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll. Episode one is an introduction to
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