The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

The Russian Orthodox Church has expressed its opposition to the celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, with ...

In the United States especially, the roles of women in Judaism have expanded in all denominations, including strictly gender-conscious Orthodoxy. In France, however, where Orthodoxy has long been ...

In 2018, Henkin was the recipient of the Katz Prize in recognition of his work on women’s place in Orthodoxy as well as his numerous published works of Jewish legal opinions. In 2015, ...