The history of the American Jewish woman and the mikveh is long and complicated. Long before financiers dashed around Wall Street, a small Mill Street Synagogue once stood, constructed in 1730.

The mikvah immersion of a woman with braces would therefore be disqualified, and she would not be able to have sexual relations with her husband, or even to come in any physical contact with him.

Once the mikvah immersion takes place, a woman is free to have sex with her husband, which is not permitted when she is in a state of tumah. At this point in a woman’s cycle, she is most fertile ...

The arrest took place after a woman using the mikvah noticed a red light in the clock radio and alerted some synagogue board members. The board alerted authorities and the rabbi was arrested Oct. 14.

These are true stories by real women, and they are incredible. Home; News & Views; InDepth; Blogs; Judaism; Magazine ... Mikva, The Musical. By. Annie Kadosh Orenstein - 12 Kislev 5779 ...

Any woman who wishes to immerse on Yom Kippur eve should inquire whether the women’s mikveh in her area is open, and if not—she may immerse the night before. This article originally appeared ...

Mikvah use for women is a physically revealing process. For some of the women surveyed this physical vulnerability may underly feelings about the ritual.

A mikvah is a pool of water — some of it from a natural source — in which observant married Jewish women are required to dip once a month, seven days after the end of their menstrual cycle.

In Mikva the Musical, we are showcasing the heroism and issues of women among us.” Cast member Thaler’s wheelchair and her continued use of the mikveh after becoming disabled as an adult is an ...

Prosecutor says DC rabbi filmed 152 women in mikvah US attorney raises possibility of plea deal with Rabbi Barry Freundel for voyeurism in ritual bath. By Judah Ari Gross 13 February 2015, 12:57 ...

The mikvah is a ritual bath where Jewish women (and on occasion, men) immerse themselves in water, in accordance with Talmudic teachings.

For the 27 years of my married life, I measured all the mikvah ladies I met by Rachel. It was unfair competition. Had Agnon known her, he would have written a story about her, like he did about ...