The similar sociologies of Islam and Judaism have given rise to two comparable religious feminist movements in the 1970s (Roded, 2012). They deal with the textual foundations as well as the religious ...

You may have heard the sirens of the all-women Ezras Nashim volunteer ambulance services in Borough Park. Now with a new ambulance, they say they'll be able to better access Crown Heights and Flatbush ...

Around March 12, Tzivia Pomerantz’s 80-year-old mother developed a cough and body aches. By the next morning, her temperature had risen to 100.6 degrees. As a nurse, Pomerantz had been following the ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --Some call it controversial, others call it a life saver. In time for the onset of a second wave of the coronavirus, an all-women's EMS service in Brooklyn is finally getting an ...

BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- An all-women group of EMT's in Brooklyn are breaking a glass ceiling - but not the one you think. Dressed in purple and ready to save lives are the Hasidic Jewish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HONOREES AT Chochmat Nashim’s Women of Iron Awards together with Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, Chochmat Nashim director (top row, 2nd L ...

Update note: At 5:03 p.m. on November 20, this story was updated to show that Ezras Nashim’s ambulance permit application is in limbo due to an inconclusive vote. Ezras Nashim, the Orthodox all-female ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The New York State Department of Health says an all-female volunteer EMT company seeking a license to operate an ambulance has been "effectively denied," but the decision can ...

One woman has vowed to change this. Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll, an Orthodox Jewish feminist, founded Chochmat Nashim (The Wisdom of Women), an NGO that aims to highlight what it calls “damaging extremist ...

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