Daphne Lazar Price to deliver keynote address
JOFA has provided opportunities to Australian women that actively promote leadership. Two hundred Australian women have received scholarships to complete training courses about Judaism.
The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) is thrilled to announce its upcoming conference on Sunday, August 13 has sold out.
JOFA Australia president Nomi Kaltmann said, “The interest in this conference has been unprecedented, so we expanded the number of tickets available to accommodate for the demand.”
The conference seeks to increase spiritual, ritual and intellectual opportunities for women within the framework of halachah (Jewish law), by advocating meaningful participation for women in family life, synagogues, houses of learning and Jewish communal organisations to the fullest extent possible.
JOFA has provided opportunities to Australian women that actively promote leadership. Two hundred Australian women have received scholarships to complete training courses about Judaism.
The executive director of JOFA in North America, Daphne Lazar Price, will deliver the keynote address, and 15 Australian women will speak at the conference.
Similar JOFA conferences in the US have had long-lasting positive effects in their Orthodox communities and Kaltmann is hopeful that success will be replicated in Australia.
“The equation is simple: women represent 50 per cent of the population, so if we want to increase representation of half the population, we have to ensure that Orthodox communities are doing their best to make space for women and appoint them into leadership positions wherever possible,” she said.
The conference is hosted by JOFA’s partner the ARK Centre, and supported by organisations such as Launchpad Australia via a Dave Grant, the Besen Foundation, the Spotlight Foundation and the Erdi Foundation.
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