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Why Sarah Jessica Parker Is Wrong to Deny Being a Feminist
It seems Sarah Jessica Parker has got the meaning of feminism all wrong. The “Sex and the City” actress praised the values of gender equality and fair pay in a recent interview — but she denied being a feminist. “I am not a feminist. I don’t think I qualify,” Parker told Marie Claire. “I believe…
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By Cultivating Mindful Leaders, We Can Revitalize Jewish Life
The posts on The New Spirituality blog are responses to Rabbi Sid Schwarz’s lead essay in his book, Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future (Jewish Lights). In that essay, which was posted on this site on May 5, 2016, Schwarz argues that any organization that hopes to speak to the next…
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Jewish Mega-Donor Fed Up With ‘Hot-Headed,’ ‘Shouting’ Women
Prominent Democratic donor Haim Saban called a female interviewer a “very hot-headed woman” when she asked about how much influence he has over politicians. “Well, you’re painting it in a negative way… I’m trying to explain it but it’s not sinking in your interviewer’s very hot-headed woman,” Saban told filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi in a somewhat…
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Amy Winehouse Foundation to Open Home for Female Addicts
On the fifth anniversary of the death of singer Amy Winehouse, a foundation in her memory will open a home for female addicts. The half-way house sponsored by the Amy Winehouse Foundation will be called Amy’s Place, after the six-time Grammy Award winner and will house up to 16 residents. It will help the recovering…
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Eric Trump: Ivanka Is Too ‘Strong’ to Experience Sexual Harassment
To hear Donald Trump’s son Eric tell it, his sister Ivanka is too “strong” and “powerful” to ever be affected by sexual harassment. The declaration comes at the heels of Donald Trump telling Kirsten Powers, a columnist at USA Today, that his Jewish daughter Ivanka would be able to find another job or career if…
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Can These Newly Ordained Rabbis Upend the Status Quo in Israel?
Bitya Rozen-Goldberg had no idea she wanted to be a rabbi when she immigrated to Israel from France 11 years ago. In the years since settling in Jerusalem, the 33-year-old tour guide studied Talmud in numerous female settings. But as “female rabbi” has long been an oxymoron in the Orthodox world, she never thought she…
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Planting Grassroots in the Toronto Jewish Community
The posts on The New Spirituality blog are responses to Rabbi Sid Schwarz’s lead essay in his book, Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future (Jewish Lights). In that essay, which was posted on this site on May 5, 2016, Schwarz argues that any organization that hopes to speak to the next…
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Howard Stern Woos ‘Dream’ President Hillary Clinton for Radio Show
Controversial radio host Howard Stern said a Hillary Clinton presidency is a “dream of mine” as he tried to convince her to be interviewed on his show. Stern, who is Jewish, said he was “enamored” by Clinton and that appearing on his program would allow the Democratic presidential nominee’s message to reach a wider audience….
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I’m a Proud Jew — But Sometimes I ‘Pass’ as Not Jewish
By most accounts, I am not a self-hating Jew. I wrote a doctoral dissertation on a Jewish-studies topic, have a blog with the word “Zionism” in the subtitle, and have published enough articles on Jewish-related topics that there’s a (charming) post dedicated to me on one of those big white-supremacist websites. There’s a poster of…
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WATCH: ‘Broad City’ Stars Cheer on Hillary Clinton — As Colonial Women
“Broad City” creators Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer applauded Hillary Clinton’s presidential nomination — while dressed up as women from 1776. In a hilarious cameo on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Jacobson and Glazer wore bonnets and frilly dresses as they provided a colonial perspective on Clinton’s nomination. “Hello future Americans, or British subjects…
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I’ll Always Be With Bernie — But Here’s Why I’m Voting for Hillary
I’ve been a Bernie Sanders acolyte for years, and have watched in awe during the last 12 months as he took his rightful place as the progressive leader of our time. He showed up exactly when we needed him, taking the smashed mantle of the Occupy Wall Street movement and bringing millions of millennial voters…
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