Gabby Deutch is a student at Yale University.
Gabby Deutch
By Gabby Deutch
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Community American Knesset Intern Made To Put On Leggings Before Entering Israeli Parliament
For those of us in Jerusalem who are not religious, there’s a certain unwritten legal code that is passed around among the secular. After a few weeks, the art of being appropriate (rather, appropriate enough) becomes second nature: try not to bump into charedi men on the bus. Don’t walk through religious neighborhoods while using…
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Community What Are The ‘Women Of The Wall’ Haters So Afraid Of?
Women are used to being silenced. Women are used to having their ideas belittled and their success made to seem unimportant. Today I went to the Kotel to join Women of the Wall — whose only goal was to make our voices heard—in prayer, at the holiest site in modern Judaism. I joined a service…
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Community How Trump’s Election Inspired Me To Fully Observe Shabbat
Last Friday, the Shabbat observant daughter and son-in-law of the recently inaugurated President Trump were shuttled by car back and forth from inauguration balls and parties to their new home in Georgetown. That same night, I chose to fully observe Shabbat for the first time since my days at Jewish summer camp. 4 days earlier,…
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Community What Jewish Women Can Learn from Hillary Clinton
As a woman, a journalist, and a living and breathing human being, it has been impossible to avoid the topic of gender in recent months. Hillary Clinton, now the official Democratic presidential nominee, has reached historic milestones and faced the banal, routine criticism that ambitious women everywhere know quite well. Ambition requires choices: choosing, as…
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