JEWISH ORTHODOX FEMINIST ALLIANCE (UK)

Registered charity 1167946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JOFA UK

For the public benefit to advance Orthodox Judaism and to promote the equality of women andtheir role within Orthodox Judaism to the fullest extent that it is possible within the frameworkof Halakha (Orthodox Jewish law).

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND TO PROMOTE THE EQUALITY OF WOMEN AND THEIR ROLE WITHIN ORTHODOX JUDAISM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT IT IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HALAKHA (ORTHODOX JEWISH LAW), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) RAISING AWARENESS WITHIN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE RITUAL PARTICIPATION IN SYNAGOGUES, RITUAL SPACES AND COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP ROLES PERMITTED TO WOMEN WITHIN HALAKHA;(B) ENABLING AND FACILITATING WOMEN'S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, RITUAL PARTICIPATION IN SYNAGOGUES AND COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP ROLES AND FUNCTIONS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHIN HALAKHA; AND(C) ADVOCATING FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF HALAKHA IN A WAY WHICH FACILITATES GREATER FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND BOTH RELIGIOUS AND LAY COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• EVE SACKSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laurie Scher · trustee of 1 other charity
• NEIL SIMON HAMBURGER · trustee of 1 other charity

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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