Most conversions involve mikvah immersion, which must be witnessed by three religious judges. Doesn’t that violate Jewish precepts about modesty, especially for Orthodox female converts who must ...

said Keren Hadad Taub, who founded Advot, a group of women pushing mikvah reform. “Immersion is the responsibility of the woman alone. It’s not a question of Jewish law. It’s a question of ...

Old Jewish 'Purification' Bath Found While Digging a Roman City; 'Oldest Discovery of Its Kind in the World' Ancient ...

Discovered outside Rome, the bath, which is thought to be a mikvah, could be more than 1,600 years old. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Ostia Antica When Luigi Maria Caliò, a classical ...

Mikvah is ritual immersion in fresh, "living" water used by men and women for physical and spiritual purification. * Listings with an asterisk are part of the JUF/JF partnership of agencies serving ...

A new Mikvah Taharah has been inaugurated in Limassol, as part of the ten-year anniversary celebrations of Chabad of Limassol, marking the continued growth of the local Jewish community ...