| Frequency | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ruth Lichtenstein |
| Founded | 2006 |
| First issue | Elul 5766 (Fall 2006) |
| Company | Binah Magazine Corporation |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Brooklyn, New York |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://www.binahmagazine.com |
| ISSN | 1752-2900 |
| OCLC | 77487511 |
Binah (Hebrew: בינה, "Insight") is a Jewish women's magazine published weekly by Binah Magazine Corporation in the United States. Additional distribution takes place in the United Kingdom and Israel. Binah Magazine Corporation is a subsidiary of Hamodia Publishing Corporation. The magazine debuted in Elul 5766 (Fall 2006).[1]
Binah features articles appealing to Jewish women, including family matters, health, recipes, short stories and serialized novels.[2] It is known for its full-color, glossy pages and its coverage of topics not usually discussed in mainstream Orthodox Jewish publications,[3] such as divorce, single-parenting, home budgeting, and medical conditions. Like other Orthodox publications, Binah does not publish photos of women.[4] Its articles often create a buzz in Orthodox circles and online blogs. For example, a 2012 article on summer camp security led to a summer-camp inspection by New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind and New York State Senate hopeful Simcha Felder (he was elected to office a few months later) at Camp Agudah in upstate New York.[5]
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