Rabbi Yael Buechler

In 2011, she launched Midrash Manicures, a site where she posts pictures of her nails and encourages others to join in.

"Women and men of all ages have told me how they can connect to their own Judaism in a new way through these manicures," she told BuzzFeed in an emailed statement. "They are a great conversation piece and a fabulous way to take Judaism to a meaningful and fashionable level."

To this end, she founded an after-school program at the Solomon Schecter School in Westchester, NY, also called Midrash Manicures. “If I said come to a Midrash course, I’d have five or six students," Rabbi Buechler told The New York Times of the club. "But Midrash Manicures? Twenty plus.”