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Ivanka Trump Leaves Metallic Taste in Nation’s Mouths
I’m sure you’ve seen this in your social media feeds, too. In response to outrage about a Muslim ban, some have pointed out that not all Muslims are technically banned by President Trump’s recent executive order. Fine. This is the right place to focus if you imagine that the Holocaust simply involved Europe one day…
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A Jewish Mother Reports from the Enormous Los Angeles Women’s March
Like the juggernaut hit “La La Land,” the Women’s March Los Angeles revealed a sparkling city of stars. An estimated 750,000 participants showed up to demonstrate solidarity and celebrate human rights. The record-shattering attendance made the L.A. March the biggest of them all. Friday’s heavy rainstorm dusted off palm trees, hosed down sidewalks and power-washed…
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Jewish Women Must Stand With Our Sister Linda Sarsour
One of the leaders of the history-making Women’s March On Washington has recently come under vicious attack from the right for being an anti-Semite. Newsflash to the skeptical: she may wear a hijab, but Linda Sarsour is a fierce advocate for all marginalized people – including Jews. Sarsour, a social justice firebrand and lead organizer…
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At Tel Aviv Women’s March, Jews Disagreed About Occupation, but Not About Trump
The 80 shirts I’d printed were snapped up by the early arrivals before the Tel Aviv Women’s March even started. By 8pm after my shirts were all gone, I tried to get to the front of the rally with my fellow planners, but there were just too many people. So instead I proceeded to circumnavigating…
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A National Review Writer Makes a Flawed Case for Pro-Life Feminism
While they were not quite guests of honor, self-identified pro-life feminists were among those marching for women’s rights on Saturday. This Friday in D.C., a March for Life will put anti-abortion activists’ concerns front and center. We might as whether now, with abortion rates at their lowest since Roe v. Wade, is the moment, but…
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Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, an Icon of Hope for This Jewish Woman
Mary Tyler Moore has died today at 80. Who was she and why am I crying? First, as Mary Richards, pioneering single career woman protagonist on The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Next, as Laura Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show: Laura Petrie, Moore’s character on the show, was also a style icon, dare I…
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Links for Later: The Women’s Marches, Assessed
Donald Trump became President of the United States. On Friday, as I recall. On Monday, he signed a ban on federal funding for foreign health care services that mention the possibility of abortion. On Saturday, a whole lot of women marched to protest against Trump’s presidency and for women’s rights. Analysis of the marches ensued:…
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Jewish Feminist Magazine Lilith Covers Nationwide Women’s Marches
Feminist Jewish magazine Lilith just launched its sweeping coverage of Jewish women’s participation in the recent Women’s Marches. I’d especially like to direct Sisterhood readers to upcoming coverage of 18 different marches, and to a post already up, by Rabbi Alicia Magal, in Arizona. Let this be a gentle reminded that there are Jews, including…
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How Donald Trump’s Dangerous Inflexibility Hurts Women
Each morning, observant Jews pray that God will “zokef kefufim” — straighten the bent. I used to understand this prayer literally: that those with physical disabilities should be able to participate fully in life’s activities. But with the intransigence of our new president, I’m now translating this prayer figuratively and re-assessing its message. The fact…
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Why It’s Just Fine to ‘Frum Shame’ Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
As we all know by now, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump got special rabbinic dispensation to ride in a car on Shabbat for daddy Donald’s inauguration. This led to a collective Jewish (and general!) eye-roll, but also to demands that we respect the young couple’s religiosity and let them be. Jessica Levine Kupferberg and Andrew…
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The Radical Innocuousness of the Women’s March
Guides circulated, prior to the Women’s March in D.C. and its satellites, on how to deal with dangerous situations, with potentially violent interactions with police. So I was relieved, when marching in New York, or, more accurately, when standing, immobile, in a crush of fellow humans in the middle of 2nd Avenue, and then marching…
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