Rabbanit Leah Sarna, the first senior rabbinic leader of her Orthodox synagogue, opens a crack in a persistent glass ceiling.

Six of Maharat’s alumnae have founded their own communities, in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Haifa, Tel Aviv, London and Paris. Others were hired to lead or co-lead congregations across the United States.

Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

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The anti-abortion movement is on the rise in Russia, and the Kremlin is responding by changing the law to make terminations more difficult.