Mikva
Mikveh discovered in basement of former strip club in Poland
Just up the stairs from the mikvah — which is full of water — are remnants of the former Sphinx club: a Heineken sign and a pole for strippers.
Boston’s groundbreaking community mikveh closed due to burst pipe
Meet the wealthy Israeli woman promoting Jewish family purity
Ethiopian Israeli suing rabbi for casting doubt on her Jewishness
MIT grad brings mikve observance into the age of technology
Today, MikvahCalendar.com has 65,000 users.
Women harassed, sent to dirty mikvas for requesting to immerse alone
Religious Jewish women immerse themselves once a month following their menstrual cycle.
Disabled accessible ritual baths few and far between
In Jerusalem, with a population of over half a million Jews, there is just one accessible mikve, when it should have five.
‘Hanukka miracle’ needed to complete mikvaot in time
Law banning progressive conversions in public ritual baths comes into effect in April.
High Court should deal with traffic violations not Jewish law, says Sephardi chief rabbi
Yitzhak Yosef: It’s a shame judges are involving themselves with Halacha.
Women can now immerse without mikve attendant
“This success shows that the hope of improving religious services is not lost, that they can reflect the needs of Israeli society while preserving Jewish law."
Divisive issues continue to strain Israel-Diaspora relations
The passage of the mikve law was perhaps the most serious incident of all in recent months.
MK Gafni says will fight against construction of mikvas for progressive denominations
The US Jewish leadership lobbied heavily against the recently approved mikva law which essentially bans the Reform and Masorti movements from using public mikvas for their conversion ceremonies.
Knesset approves funds for Reform, Masorti mikvas
In order to allow UTJ’s law to pass, the attorney general’s office said that the government must put in place a solution for the Reform and Masorti Movements.
Israel’s putting out an unwelcome mat
