But even in this new framework, mikvahs are still, by and large, a ritual for individuals, rather than groups. The Queer Mikveh Project rethinks that approach. Instead of staging mikvahs as ...

It is a religious requirement for all married Orthodox women to go to the mikveh, or ritual bath, at night seven days after their period has finished. It is a way to spiritually purify themselves.

Israeli archaeologists found a 2,000-year-old ring in a mikveh [ritual bathhouse] that used to operate on Pilgrim Road during the Second Temple period, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Sunday.

(JTA) — Mayyim Hayyim, a pluralistic community mikveh, or ritual bath, in Boston, is putting a pause on ritual immersions and classes after multiple pipes burst in the building’s laundry room ...

For artist Nicki Green, the mikveh-or Jewish ritual bath-can offer a site of Jewish queerness and transness. A ceramic sculpture representing the mikveh is central to the exhibition "Nicki Green ...

Let us know! This reporting is supported by a grant from the Howard Family. Philadelphia’s oldest Jewish congregation and continuous synagogue, Mikveh Israel, is also known as the “Synagogue of the ...

Tevilah, immersion in a ritual bath, called a Mikveh, or a natural confluence of water is something that people undergo when they convert to Judaism or before special occasions, such as the ...

When people think of American Jews, a few things come to mind. New York City, “Seinfeld” and the entertainment industry are some examples. Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian of Congregation Mikveh Israel in ...

She mentioned the possibility that Juan incorporated Jewish rituals into the Myoken faith after learning Judaism from conversos and introduced it to Seibee. She added that a mikveh similar to the ...