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An Ancient Oath Renewed for Labor Day
Often reality is stranger than fiction; The vote for one of the first major strike in American history was taken ...
Are You Bossy, Pushy, or Executive Leadership Material? Take This Quiz to Find Out!
1. Do you have strong ideas and opinions?a. Yes b. No2. Do you share these ideas with others? a. Yes ...
10 Ways You Can Promote Gender Equality in Your Local School
Gender messages are all around us. From images in schoolbooks to images on bus ads, from conversations on the train ...
10 Inspiring Ways That Women Are Fighting for Justice in Israel
In my previous post, I described seven frightening trends of religious radicalism in Israel threatening women’s well-being and in some cases ...
7 Places Where Religious Radicalism Threatens Women’s Well-Being in Israel
Women being arrested for praying out loud at the Western Wall – it’s a story so shocking that it has managed to ...
The Widening Scope of Gender Expression and Traditional Judaism
Orthodox feminism’s struggle for women’s leadership and ritual inclusion set a strong precedent for the recent consideration of the issues ...
We’re Still Figuring Out What A Rabbi Looks Like
After you read this paragraph, close your eyes for a minute and picture a rabbi.Where is this rabbi?What is the ...
Our Daughters’ Tallitot
In the fortunate cases it is the grandparents, often it is the parents, and sometimes even a sibling who stands ...
“How I Met Your Rabbi” – Or, “How I Met Your Mother/Father God”?
Today’s post is from Education Fellow Amanda Winer. “Kids, let me tell you the story of how I met your ...
Should Women Thank God For Not Making Them Men?
A recent brouhaha has emerged in the Jewish blogosphere over Rabbi Ari Hart’s recent post, “Should I Thank God For ...