Elissa Strauss has written for the Forward over a number of years. She is a regular contributor to CNN, whose work has been published in a number of publications including The New York Times, Glamour, ELLE, and Longreads.
Elissa Strauss
By Elissa Strauss
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Life In Praise of Kate’s Postpartum Bump
While most of the world was thrilled to get a glimpse the new royal baby, I was getting teary-eyed about something else — Kate Middleton’s postpartum bump. Among the many luxuries afforded to the Duchess of Cambridge for her debut as a mother was a hair and make-up team to assure that her tresses were…
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Life 7 Things Jewish Women Can’t Resist
The Internet gives and the Internet takes away. She gave us Jewish women a platform to show the world who we really are through blogging, videos and social and political engagement. And then she gave websites like BuzzFeed the opportunity to cobble together a list of “32 Things Jewish Girls Can’t Resist,” that is so…
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Life When Campus Sex Becomes Part of An Equation
The fact that young adults prefer to hook-up instead of date, and the ensuing hand-wringing that this brings, is old news by now. But in the Sunday New York Times, Kate Taylor posits that in recent years there has been a shift in hook-up culture, as ambitious young women have come to see it as…
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Life Why We Shouldn’t Call Mothering a ‘Tough Job’
A recent poll from Parents magazine found that 92% of mothers agree with the statement: “There is no tougher job than being a mom.” The survey looked into whether or not the mommy wars actually exist — they don’t — and whether the decision to stay at home or work outside the house is a…
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Life The Real Problem with Baby Wigs
Now, why would a parent put her baby girl in a wig? Besides wanting me to laugh at her, that is. According to the manufacturers of “Baby Bangs,” it is to allow your baby girl to have “a beautifully realistic hairstyle in a snap.” For $25 you can buy a customized hair extension attached to…
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Life Breaking: Fathers Want to Father
On Monday, the New York Times ran a now heavily criticized story about working moms whose lean-in fantasies involve baking cookies and softball games instead of professional achievements. The article mostly focused on one woman, Sara Uttech, an agricultural association executive who is more interested in flexible scheduling and sick leave than promotions. For mothers…
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Life A Defense of the Jewish Goodbye
The most popular story on Slate right now is a call for “ghosting,” or, in slightly more ethnophobic terms, the “Irish goodbye.” In it, Seth Stevenson argues that bidding adieu is inevitably awkward and therefore pointless and the expectation to do so should be done away with in polite society. Better to email or text…
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Life Tami Taylor’s Back Y’all!
When “Friday Night Lights” ended I cried for two full days, partially because my and the whole world’s favorite show was ending and partially because I was losing my best friend. As the final credits rolled and the camera panned out on Coach and Mrs. T walking hand-in-hand on a football field not in Texas,…
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