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Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

SKJ fights for a better Judaism

…by highlighting where things go wrong and working towards change on the ground. Co founder of Chochmat Nashim, she writes, speaks, and creates campaigns to change policy and communal behavior for a healthier, more balanced society.

SKJ was born and raised in Lakewood, NJ. She moved to Israel with her family where she has been witness to the damaging effects of extremism on the community. She began advocating for a more moderate community a decade ago and hasn’t stopped since. Blessed to live in the modern Jewish State, she tries to do her part in making it the best it can be. Sometimes activism can be hard. Shoshanna regularly unwinds with a hike in beautiful Israel, or a splash of Speyside single malt scotch.

Read

Find SKJ in The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, The UK Jewish Chronicle, The Forward and more.

Featured Topics

“People around the world can incite against “Zionists,” beat up local Jews, and make them fear their current neighbors, but they should know that they will not win; they will simply drive the Jews away — into Israel’s waiting arms.” -SKJ

Chochmat Nashim

The first podcast by Orthodox women on current topics in the Jewish world – from agunot, to the right-left political divide, to fighting city hall and more.

Talking Tachlis

Uri, Rivky, and Shoshanna discuss activism and feminism, and ask, is this really as big a deal as people think? How can you be frum and feminist? And what are the fundamental goals for this moement?

Unorthodox

SKJ tells us that some Orthodox communities in Israel and the U.S. exclude images of women and girls from newspapers, ads and even health brochures, which she is working to change.

Jewish Women Entrepreneurs

Presented by Nathalie Garson, CEO of the Born To Do Business and Founder of the Born To Do Business Community

Listen

Hear SKJ on Judaism, activism, extremism, feminism, antisemitism…all the -isms!

“If Dayanim can look at a woman— pregnant, caring for kids, working multiple jobs— and tell her to give in, they surely can look at a man—with little to lose, holding all the cards— and tell him extortion and abuse is against the Torah.” -SKJ

In the News

“When women aren’t seen, their voices aren’t heard and their needs are not met.” -SKJ

Ha'aretz

‘The Orthodox world erases us and the secular world fetishizes us,’ says SKJ.

The Jewish Chronicle

Now you see us: putting Orthodox women in the picture.

EJewish Philanthropy

About The Jewish Life Photo Bank, a project of Chochmat Nashim.

Unorthoboxed

Chochmat Nashim, saving the lives of Jewish women, and how SKJ responds to the furor around “Unorthodoxed.”

Book An Event

SKJ speaks internationally about Judaism, women, Israel, Zionism, anti semitism, and effective activism – or just how to not let people drive you crazy. She has been hosted in the US, the UK and Israel at synagogues, Jewish community centers, conferences and private events.