Rabbanit Chana Henkin moved to Israel in 1972 and in 1990 founded Nishmat, the Jerusalem Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women, with her husband, Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin. Together they created the role of yoatzot halacha, women advisers in Jewish law, and her book Nishmat HaBayit collects their responsa. She holds honorary doctorates from Bar-Ilan and Yeshiva University.
