Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a founding editor of Ms. magazine and co-convener of several Palestinian-Jewish dialogue groups, has written about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for more than 40 years. She is the author of 12 books, including Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America (1991), and Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy (2022).
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
By Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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She was our spiritual leader. She made room for us at the table by creating a whole new one — a Seder table at which women’s voices were heard. She encouraged us to ask the Four Questions of Women and to recite women’s plagues, of which there were always more than 10. She honored our…
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You’ve probably read about the situation in the West Bank city of Hebron, where some 800 Jewish settlers live in the midst of 170,000 Palestinians. But being there is something else. Being there can make you sick to your stomach; being there you can’t help thinking of the “A-word.” A few weeks ago, I spent…
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Two years after Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s three-week assault against Hamas in Gaza, we are still grappling with the fallout. Much of the public reckoning has been channeled into an acrimonious debate over the report of a four-person investigative commission appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council and headed by Judge Richard Goldstone. Regrettably,…
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Life The Ten Plagues — According to Jewish Women
This post is adapted from a speech, “The Ten Plagues According to Jewish Women,” that Pogrebin gave at the Downtown Seder, held March 25 at the City Winery in Manhattan. Plague #1: Dam. BLOOD — Women have this plague every 28 days or so, and except when we’re ready to procreate, most of us welcome…
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Culture A Writer, a Woman And a Jew
There’s an old chestnut, “The more specific the writing, the more universal its appeal.” You can say, “Six-year-old Lisa Levine is afraid of loud noises.” Or you can say, “When 6-year-old Lisa Levine hears thunder, she shuts her eyes, kisses the tiny Jewish star hanging on the chain around her neck, and says the Sh’ma.”…
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