# JEWISH ORTHODOX FEMINIST ALLIANCE (UK)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1167946
- **Other names:** JOFA UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 30, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1167946


## Contact

- **Address:** 11 Shirehall Lane, Hendon, London
- **Postcode:** NW4 2PE
- **Phone:** 07720 401456
- **Email:** eve.sacks@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.ukjofa.org/



## Activities

**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&#x27;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.

**Activities:** 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).




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **EVE SACKS** | Chair | June 29, 2016 |
| Laurie Scher |  | Feb. 24, 2025 |
| NEIL SIMON HAMBURGER |  | Dec. 31, 2015 |




