women

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 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 ...

On Mother’s Day

Yet another holiday about which I am ambivalent, Mother’s Day seems this year to have engendered rather more commentary than ...

A Glimpse into the English Charedi School System

The school was on a residential street in North West London. From the outside it was unremarkable, but the atmosphere ...

Asking the Wrong Questions

Earlier this week, my excellent colleague, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz asked the important question of whether, “there can be a new ...

Kathryn Wiener, A Woman of Vision

“All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” — Victor HugoThis ...

Sex and violence

A friend of mine recently posted a link to this blog post about a screening of an Israeli film titled ...

Seekers and Unaffiliated: An Opportunity

I recently met a woman who I really liked. We have a lot in common, being  professionally accomplished Jewish women ...

Fitting in

I recently read an essay  published earlier this year on xoJane that a woman wrote as a paean to her ...