Tackling the Gendered Language of Tisha B’Av Liturgy Through Textile
The biblical book read on Tisha B’Av uses violent gendered metaphors against the female body to describe Jerusalem’s destruction. How one orthodox women found a creative way to reconcile this.
'A Woman of Valor, Who Will Find?' Check Her Hair
Sarah Zell Young learned to embrace the idea of ‘Eishes Chayil.’ And to prove it, she carved the phrase onto the side of her head.