Partner Blogs
On Trailing the Life of Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein wrote—or rather commissioned—two autobiographies that merely serve to perpetuate her legend, and therefore cannot really be trusted… But ...
Should We Care About People Not Like Us?
The context was a class on the gun violence epidemic in Chicago. I had finished the presentation by mentioning some ...
On Writing a Biography of Helena Rubinstein
People always ask me the same question: “What made you want to write about Helena Rubinstein?” And the answer is always ...
Maternal I Am: Unpacking a Word Synonymous with Mommyhood
I can’t help but think about the words maternal and motherhood; and their ‘opposites,’ paternal and fatherhood. As a new ...
Not My Mother’s Matzah Balls: My Moroccan Kitchen
I have often joked that I am the only woman in America who doesn’t cook anything that she grew up ...
Making a Healthier Jewish Community
The following post is the second in our summer series hearing from the camps that were launched as a result ...
Finding a Place at the JOFA UK Conference
“You’re thinking of going to a conference on Orthodox Feminism? But that can’t exist. Besides, you don’t hate men or ...
Should We Bring Back Arranged Marriage?
Not long ago, a friend of mine posted an excellently snarky commentary about a new television show called, Married at ...
Yom Partisans 2014
Papers were flying and staples were clamping, stickers were delivered, and DVDs were organized. Another summer, and therefore, another fast ...
Divestment? Not in New Orleans!
In our corner of the world, Temple Sinai of New Orleans and The St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church have been ...
Freedom To Celebrate My Religion… and My Sexuality
Pride Month might be over, but celebrating one’s identity is a year long process. This post comes to us from London, ...
“Visiting Day ESSENTIALS!”
I have received at least seven e-mails proclaiming that they have the GOTTA-HAVE items that I NEED to bring to ...
Life as a Female Semicha Student
When I was young, I was drawn to the study of Torah as a way to get closer to God ...
Crypto-Jews and Autobiographical Animals
Maxim D. Shrayer: Papa, I want to ask you about varieties of crypto-Jews—those who conceal their Judaism in order to preserve ...
To Annul Patriarchy, One Verse at a Time
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...