Apr 19, 2004 -- Jewish law and how it affects women and their religious obligations were topics discussed at an April 18 lecture celebrating for Stern College for Women’s jubilee. The lecture, “Breaking New Ground: Orthodox Women in the 21st Century,” was held at YU’s Geraldine Schottenstein Cultural Center on the Israel Henry Beren Campus in Manhattan. Rivkah Lubitch, a Toenet Rabbinit (legal advocate for women seeking a religious divorce writ), and Shani Taragin, a Yoetzet Halakhah (religious advisor in matters of family purity) were the guest speakers. Ms. Lubitch works at Yad L’isha, an organization that represents agunot in the Bet Din. She also teaches at Midreshet Oranim and Bet Midrash Nigun for women. She has been active in women’s groups in Israel and South Africa including Kolech – the Religious Women’s Forum. Ms. Taragin was accepted by the Israeli Rabbinate and is a lecturer at MATAN, the Women’s Institute for Torah Studies in Jerusalem, and RaM, Midreshet. The lecture, the second in a seven-part series, was co-sponsored by Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf, founder of Stern College’s Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf Scholar-in-Residence Program and a founding SCW board member.