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.

Jewish ritual bath beneath the Church of St. Philip the Apostle; Syracuse, Italy.
Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Boston’s groundbreaking community mikveh closed due to burst pipe

 RUTHY LEVIEV-YELIZAROV (R) and partner Bracha Shilat at the She’asani Isha launch.

Meet the wealthy Israeli woman promoting Jewish family purity

A mikva, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Ethiopian Israeli suing rabbi for casting doubt on her Jewishness


Controversial mikva law approved by Knesset

Reform, Masorti leaders denounce the law as un-Jewish, undemocratic, accuse prime minister of failing to keep promises.

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Final vote on Mikva bill expected this week

The legislation has generated fury among leaders of the progressive movements in Israel and the US.

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: Mikve madness

God help us all.

An Antiquities Authority employee works inside a ritual bath, part of a find exposed in Jerusalem this past March

Activists warmly welcome right for women to immerse in mikva alone

In recent years, a small number of women have insisted on their rights to use public mikvas without the presence of a mikva attendant.

Rabbi Farber poses at ITIM.

AG: Chief Rabbinate cannot force attendants on women immersing in a mikve

Jewish law requires an attendant to be present for the immersion to be considered to have fulfilled the religious obligation to immerse.

A mikva, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Bill to ban Reform, Conservative conversions at public mikvas passes hurdle

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that a policy by some local religious councils of preventing the non-Orthodox Jewish denominations from using mikvas was discriminatory and illegal.

A mikva, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

US Jewish group opposes Israeli mikve bill

The Knesset bill would prevent the Reform and Conservative movements from using public mikvaot for conversion ceremonies.

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Chabad rabbi building ‘1st mikvah in West Africa’ in Nigeria

A prominent Chabad emissary based in Nigeria, is supervising the construction of a mikvah for women in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on land purchased for him by an Israeli firm.

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]

Profaning the mikve, our sacred space

To legislate the mikve is to profane it.

Pool of a medieval mikve in Speyer, Germany, dating back to 1128

Haredi MK: PM must advance mikva bill despite A-G’s opposition

Non-Orthodox Diaspora influence "undemocratic" UTJ lawmaker says.

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]