Simi Lichtman
Why Are People Pushing Back Against The #MeToo Campaign?
As a social worker working with sexual assault victims, the social media campaign hit close to home for me.
No, Trump Is Not Hitler — Here’s Why.
Trump is not Hitler, but more importantly, America is not 1930s Germany.
Can Orthodox Judaism Be Feminist?
While I’ve occasionally squirmed at the incongruence — hypocrisy, perhaps — of my secular feminism and Orthodox Judaism, it wasn’t until the JOFA conference that I really paid it more than a passing thought.
When the World Broke Our Promise of ‘Never Again’
My husband and I were learning about a genocide that, in spite of the gruesome similarities to everything we had seen and learned about the Holocaust, had taken place three decades later, in Cambodia.
Rape Myths Get Plenty of Play on Teaneck Rabbi’s Blog
A Teaneck rabbi notorious for airing opinions on his personal blog indulges in a round of rape myths.
No Longer 'Just Married'
It’s a cliche to say that the first year of marriage is the hardest. Simi Lichtaman’s newlywed days, documented in this blog, have taught her how much lies ahead of her.
Learning To Pray Every Day
When a friend asked on Facebook, ‘what do you do every day,’ Simi Lichtman replied: ‘read, run and write.’ Now she can add ‘pray.’
Where's Nuance in Mental Illness Rhetoric?
Once again, a mass shooting tragedy has captured the nation’s attention. Once again, the question everyone wants answered is: Why? What drove Aaron Alexis to do something so awful, so incomprehensible, and seemingly so senseless? We all want to know why he did it because we want to know if there’s something we could have done to see it coming — something we can do to prevent it from happening again.
Why Read Marriage Announcements?
Joanna Newsom and Andy Samberg got married last week, as did New York Times editor Jill Abramson’s daughter. Why are wedding announcements so fascinating?
Lena Dunham Wore the Right Dress
America gasped in horror at Lena Dunham’s frumpy Emmy’s dress. Simi Lichtman wondered if she was dressing for herself, not the paparazzi.