Simi Lampert
By Simi Lampert
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Breaking News Yeshiva Student Stops Race To Help Collapsed Runner
In the middle of a high school cross country meet in Memphis, Tenn., one boy collapsed. A Jewish student from a rival school was the only runner to stop his race to help. Seth Goldstein, 17, of the Orthodox Cooper Yeshiva High, seems to think his actions were only to be expected. “I’m a lifeguard,”…
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Life Studying Daf Yomi, Together
This post is the seventh in “Feminist, Orthodox and Engaged,” a series by Simi Lampert on love, sex and betrothal in the life of a Modern Orthodox woman. When my fiancé, Jeremy, and I were studying in yeshivot in Israel — at the same time, but completely unaware of one another’s existence — we each…
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The Schmooze A Sneak Peek at ‘Girls’
For those of us who consider Lena Dunham’s “Girls” the latest necessary TV addiction — don’t deny it, this includes you — the release of a trailer (below) four months before the next episode is nothing but a tease. A cruel, mocking tease that we’ll nevertheless indulge in for the sake of seeing something —…
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The Schmooze Happy New Year, Gangnam Style
The Jewish New Year is the time for Jews everywhere to look inward and ask those meaningful questions: What does God want of me? Have I been the best me? What exactly does Gangnam actually mean? The Internet can’t answer all these, but thankfully, it can provide us with Gangnam Style, a Korean pop song…
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The Schmooze Natalie and ScarJo Hit the Convention
Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson will be speaking tomorrow at the Democratic National Convention, according to news reports. Portman, a longtime supporter of President Barack Obama, is an unsurprising pick. But the choice of fellow actress Johansson, whose support has been far less public, is a pleasant surprise. More pleasant, we predict, than Clint Eastwood’s…
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Life My Baby, My Choice
This post is the sixth in “Feminist, Orthodox and Engaged,” a series by Simi Lampert on love, sex and betrothal in the life of a Modern Orthodox woman. Let me make this clear: I do not plan on being pregnant anytime soon. So for everyone whose eyes start darting to my belly as soon as…
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Life My Desire to Dress Like ‘Them’
I remember the first time I tried on jeans. I was at camp in Israel, and I’d found a pair in some store. My friends urged me to try them on, and I did, prancing around the room, admiring myself from all angles in the corner mirror, glowing from their compliments. Eventually I slid off…
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Culture Rethinking Holocaust Education
I am the grandchild of three Holocaust survivors. My grandfather had the line of numbers tattooed on his arm, and they all had the terrible memories, the terrible losses. During my middle school years, now a decade ago, many of us went through what we consider our Holocaust phase. I read every book on the…
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