Natural Immersion: Accessible Mikveh for Converts During COVID-19
“Ocean tevilah is a different experience by the very nature of it. We have to consider tide, wind, wave and swell size in order for it to be safe.”
“Ocean tevilah is a different experience by the very nature of it. We have to consider tide, wind, wave and swell size in order for it to be safe.”
Step aside, brides — those indulgent pre-wedding salon, spa and grooming gatherings are no longer exclusively your domain!
In the wake of the scandal surrounding the Washington D.C. rabbi who arrested and charged voyeurism for allegedly secretly filming women while they were undressing in a mikveh dressing room has prompted assurances from the Mikvah Society of Los Angeles that its own mikveh “continues to be a safe and secure environment.”
In the wake of voyeurism allegations against a prominent Orthodox rabbi, the head of an Orthodox yeshiva for women is arguing that male rabbis need not be present for a female convert’s ritual immersion.
When Rabbi Barry Freundel asked Bethany Mandel to take a “really long shower” before a “practice dunk” in the mikvah prior to her formal conversion to Judaism, the whole request seemed a bit odd, she says.