By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Why did I find the image of a faceless man in a tush-in-the-air submissive pose so much more shocking than that of a woman? Have I become so saturated by ubiquitous
tasteless American Apparel ads that I have become inured to just how disgusting they are?
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By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Could it get any worse? On June 2nd Bravo will debut a new reality show titled
“Princesses: Long Island,” starring half a dozen spoiled women in their late 20s, all of whom are Jewish, according to the show’s publicist. If the series can be judged by the promo, they will give the already-offensive term Jewish American Princess a bad name.
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By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
As Women of the Wall members and supporters prepare to welcome the Hebrew month of Sivan on Friday morning, with Rosh Chodesh services in Jerusalem, its U.S. allies are getting ready to
again demonstrate their support by doing the same. Solidarity services are scheduled for
New York, Washington D.C. and
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By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Women of the Wall has in recent months attracted lots of press and public support, from Members of Knesset to rabbis and laypeople, particularly since police stepped up
arresting women leading Rosh Chodesh services at the Kotel. Women of the Wall then ramped up its own efforts to illustrate that current policy there — which prohibits women from praying wearing tallit or tefillin or with a Torah scroll — is discriminatory. Now there is an additional party to the conflict: a new group called
Women for the Wall.Read More
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
We all expect makeup to do exactly what it promises, right? A woman in Monsey, N.Y., has
filed a lawsuit in federal court against cosmetics giant Lancome saying that its “24-hour foundation” doesn’t last for 24 hours, which she needs to make it in full makeup through Shabbat.
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