Mikveh

Municipal rabbi publicly apologizes for questioning Jewishness of Ethiopian mikveh attendant

Two weeks ago, and about eight years after the incident first occurred, the religious municipality of Kiryat Motzkin, along with Druckman, issued a public personal apology to Ishta.

 Tehila Ishta (third-left) is flanked by Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef to the right and attorney Ela Skaat to the left, at a meeting confirming her qualifications as a mikveh attendant.
 Ancient mikveh dating back to Roman times discovered in Ostia Antica, Italy.

Ancient mikveh dating back to Roman times discovered in Ostia Antica, Italy

Jewish ritual bath beneath the Church of St. Philip the Apostle; Syracuse, Italy.

Mikveh discovered in basement of former strip club in Poland

 Restored mikveh in White Stork Synagogue, Wroclaw, Poland.

ITIM publishes interactive map of Israel's accessible mikvahs


Jerusalem mikveh revamped, commemorates terror victim

Revamped Katamon ‘mikveh’ bears the name of Naava Applebaum, who used it shortly before her death in a terror attack in 2003.

 DEDICATION PLAQUE outside the ‘mikve’ on Hamatzor Street in the Katamon neighborhood.

300-year-old Jewish mikveh excavated in Auschwitz

Jewish people lived in Poland for centuries until the Holocaust obliterated their numbers.

 Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim

Boston’s groundbreaking community mikveh closed due to burst pipe

For Boston-area Jews who immerse ritually on a monthly basis, in keeping with Jewish tradition, the closure could be a significant interruption.

Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Central Manhattan: Rabbi Pinto Opens a Luxurious Mikvah Tahara

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Meet the wealthy Israeli woman promoting Jewish family purity

Ruthy Leviev-Yelizarov, the daughter of Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev and made headlines denouncing The Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev, who claimed to be a relative.

 RUTHY LEVIEV-YELIZAROV (R) and partner Bracha Shilat at the She’asani Isha launch.

Israeli experts launch female empowerment project on marriage, sexuality

She’asani Isha is aiming to spread the word about family purity — Its essence, beauty and virtues — To every woman who wants to learn and connect.

 Israeli celebrities attend launch event for She'asani Isha project.

Tu Bishvat in Bahrain: Renewing the Jewish cemetery

Bahrain is the only country in the Gulf with a native Jewish community, although it is only about 45 people.

 A view of Bahrain's Jewish Cemetery

The Queer Mikveh Project immerses marginalized Jews in a changing ritual

The ceremony was organized by the Queer Mikveh Project, a grassroots initiative seeking to transform the traditional mikvah practice into a communal experience.

 Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015.

Women's ritual baths closed by Jerusalem chief rabbi due to 'promiscuity'

Closing women’s mikvahs due to promiscuity and not men’s was a form of illegal gender-based discrimination and violated laws regarding freedom of religion. 

A new mikveh ritual bath in the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin in Gush Etzion, West Bank, November 6, 2019.

Mikvahs unearthed at Vilnius synagogue destroyed by Nazis

Archaeologists unearthed parts of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, with one of the main findings being two mikvahs, or ritual baths, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed on Thursday.

Synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania

Ethiopian Israeli suing rabbi for casting doubt on her Jewishness

According to the lawsuit, the mikveh attendant stayed at home for a month and a half after being shamed by Druckman due to the public embarassment he had caused her.

A mikva, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]