Women & Feminism

The War Against Women

While driving to work the other day I heard a woman interviewed on the radio asked about the “Rape” comments ...

Dear Sarah Silverman: You’re One of My Tribe

Dear Sarah,Hey girl! I read the open letter written to you by that rabbi in Dallas. You know, the one ...

Blue Jews

There are white Jews, Black Jews, Asian Jews, and Arab Jews – but blue Jews? No, no such thing exists. ...

High Heels and Aching Feet: Politics as Usual

“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.” – ...

Women’s Voices: The Path to Religious Freedom

Is it kosher to listen to Neshama Carlebach in concert? Go to an opera where women are singing solos? Enjoy ...

Having it All

Reading Anne- Marie Slaughter’s article in The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” has caused me to wonder, ...

We Can Do It!

Hope is a Jewish value. The Psalmist says “Hope in Adonai and be strong.” The national anthem of Israel is ...

Woe to Their Wives

When stories are told, we sometimes see them through the lens of the characters, sometimes from the vantage point of ...

In Pursuit of Learning

Yesterday was a big day for our family. My daughter graduated from college. She was the fourth of our five ...

There Are Places I Remember…..

An Orthodox rabbinic colleague Rabbi Zev Farber recently posted on Morethodoxy a piece on the experience of place women have ...

A multicultural view of Passover eating

Every year I get a call from my mother, “Remind me again, do we eat peanuts on Passover?”This question should ...

Free Speech vs Good Speech

Women and women’s rights have received a lot of attention in politics and media in recent weeks.  March is Women’s ...