When women go to the mikvah, it is supposed to be a serene, spiritual experience. But now, a homeless encampment that’s popped up just steps away from the Pico-Robertson mikvah, Mikvah Esther, is ...
The Facebook group to raise funds for the Mai Shalva Center City Community Mikvah was created on Oct. 19, 2013, but the need for the mikvah long predated the page. Thirty years after the initial plan ...
When Mikvah Esther opened its doors in 1976, the board of directors at the LA Mikvah Society wanted to provide a community mikvah in Pico-Robertson, which was becoming a hub of Jewish life in LA. It ...
In recent decades, the Jewish community in Northeast Philadelphia has changed. Not only are there more Jews in the area, according to B’nai Israel Ohev Zedek Rabbi Yehoshua Yeamans, but the community ...
Ellie Goldenberg and Emily Blum are getting ready to immerse for the first time in the mikveh, or Jewish ritual bath. One might assume that Ellie and Emily are soon-to-be brides; in traditional ...
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